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One hundred teenage boys walk until only one is left
1979Fast paceDark
What it is about
In a near-future America, one hundred boys enter an annual contest called the Long Walk. They must keep a steady pace, and anyone who falls below it gets warnings and then is shot. The last boy standing wins a prize. The story follows Ray Garraty and the boys around him.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like grim, tense stories.
What you will get
A relentless early novel by Stephen King under his pen name, Richard Bachman. It is violent and disturbing.
The Long Walk Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Horror · Dystopia · Survival · Contest
Length
384 pages · ≈ 11 h
More about this book
Characters
Ray Garraty and the other walkers.
Setting
A road that runs north from the Canadian border through Maine.
What makes it different
A survival story that almost never leaves the road.
Feel
Bleak, intense and exhausting.
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