As Richard Bachman2007
Blaze
Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman
Clayton Blaisdell Jr., a brain-damaged small-time criminal, attempts to pull off a kidnapping scheme inspired by the Lindbergh baby case after the death of his partner in crime George Rackley, whose ghost may or may not be guiding him.
Did You Know?
- •A 'trunk novel' written in 1973 and extensively revised for publication
- •Published as 'a novel by Richard Bachman' even decades after the reveal
- •King describes it in the foreword as a 'Bachman novel' rather than a 'King novel'
- •Blaze is one of King's most sympathetic antiheroes
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