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020			_a9781501143823 _cRM44.90 _qpaperback
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082	0	4	_223 _a813.6
090	0	0	_a813.6 _bKIN _dG
100	1		_aKing, Stephen, _eauthor. _d1947- _q(Stephen Edwin King)
245	1	4	_aTHE LONG WALK / _cSTEPHEN KING WRITING AS RICHARD BACHMAN
250			_aFirst Pocket Books paperback edition
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bFree Press, A Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., _c2016
264		4	_c©1979
300			_a391 pages ; _c19 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
520			_aIn this #1 national bestseller, "master storyteller" (Houston Chronicle) Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, tells the tale of the contestants of a grueling walking competition where there can only be one winner--the one that survives. "I give my congratulations to the winner among your number, and my acknowledgements of valor to the losers." Against the wishes of his mother, sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty is about to compete in the annual grueling match of stamina and wits known as The Long Walk. One hundred boys must keep a steady pace of four miles per hour without ever stopping...with the winner being awarded "The Prize"--anything he wants for the rest of his life. But, as part of this national tournament that sweeps through a dystopian America year after year, there are some harsh rules that Garraty and ninety-nine others must adhere to in order to beat out the rest. There is no finish line--the winner is the last man standing. Contestants cannot receive any outside aid whatsoever. Slow down under the speed limit and you're given a warning. Three warnings and you're out of the game--permanently....
650	1	0	_aAmerican fiction
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