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The Running ManStephen King

The Running Man

Stephen King
1999256 pages
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37 editions · 7 languages
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The Running Man is a dystopian thriller novel by American writer Stephen King, first published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1982 as a paperback original. It was collected in 1985 in the omnibus The Bachman Books. The novel is set in a dystopian United States during the year 2025, in which the nation's economy is in ruins and world violence is rising. The story follows protagonist Ben Richards as he participates in the reality show The Running Man in which contestants, allowed to go anywhere in the world, are chased by the general public, who get a huge bounty if they kill him. The…

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37 editions · 7 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2022
    Pocket Books · 416 pages · 9781982197100
  • Paperback · English · 2015
    Azrail Kosuyor
    Altin Kitaplar · 9789754050974
  • Audiobook · English · 2013
    Brand: Penguin Audio · 9781611761443
  • Audiobook · English · 2010
    Running Man
    Blackstone Audio · 9781481539104
  • Paperback · English · 2009
    Signet · 317 pages · 9780451230621
  • Ebook · English · 2008
    Penguin Group USA, Inc. · 9781429577083
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