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by Stephen King (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (90 customer reviews)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc; Open market ed edition (7 Dec 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0451196716
  • ISBN-13: 978-0451196712
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (90 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,903 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Long Walk - The Ultimate Reality Gameshow, 14 April 2003
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Originally published as one of the "Bachman Books" The long walk centres around a young man named Ray Garraty who decides to enter a competition called the Long Walk, whereby one hundred competitors literarally walk until they drop, with anyone who drops below four miles per hour being brutally dispatched by a group of heartless soldiers until only one is left. Why compete? Because of the ultimate prize - anything he desires. The book charts his mental decline as he walks hundreds of miles, gradually becoming attatched to some of his fellow walkers, all the while knowing that if he lives, they cannot. Similar in theme to "the Running Man", another book originally released in this compendium, this is King (or Bachman) at his best, with the tale mixing "Stand By Me" style themes of friendship amongst adversity with scenes of total horror. The only question is: how did King think he would continue to write under a psuedonym when these tales of the macabre could so clearly only ever have came from one man?
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62 of 65 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A haunting tale of lost innocence... King at his best, 23 Mar 1999
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Before Bachman's untimely death of "cancer of the seudonym", Stephen King wrote some of his most original work. "The Long Walk" is an example. It is like the spitting image of "The Body", since both deal with the same subject: the loss of innoncence. But where "The Body" is an elegy to long gone friends, "The Long Walk" is an scary tale of the erosion of childhood dreams.

The premise is simple: 100 teenagers will walk, non-stop, until they drop one by one and are terminated, and the last one standing will be granted whatever his heart fancies. Around it King spools a gothic yarn of classic treatment. The kids that take the Walk go in expecting to fight only physical exhaustion. Slowly, they find out their enemy is a different one: MADNESS.

Anybody wishing to take a walk on the dark side, come along. They are about to start...

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5.0 out of 5 stars King at his best, 15 Jul 2006
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What a story!!For such a simple plot,King builds up characters you can really identify with and feel for.The reader can feel the fear and pain along with his or her favourite character.With the advent of reality T.V.,one feels this tale is not set in too distant a future,and that scares me as much as the guards in the book,and the punishments for walking slower than 3 miles per hour.The cameraderie built up between the walkers is admirable,and displays King,s faith in the human creature.There are similarities between this and Mr.King,s "Running Man" but I do not see this as a fault,just a need to re-tell a fantastic story.This does not have the speedy action of "Running Man" or the out and out horror of "Carrie",but I found it really creepy in a disturbing my sense of right and wrong way.One feels for the "heroes"of the walk,but surely greed was their motivation to start the walk,so one cannot help but think "well you asked for it".A great read
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4.0 out of 5 stars Harrowing !
What a fascinating book ! Hats off to King for being able to keep the reader's interest for over 350 pages while only writing about boys taking a walking contest. Read more
Published 3 months ago by French reader

5.0 out of 5 stars Unforgettable
An incredible book. I read it 15/20 years ago whenever it first came out, and it has just stuck in my mind ever since. Truly memorable.
Published 5 months ago by Tricky Dick

5.0 out of 5 stars The long walk
Oops he did it again. More than 200 pages for the tale of a walking race. Boring???!!! yet once again Stephen King 's talent keep us in the story all the way. Read more
Published 6 months ago by S. Scaux

5.0 out of 5 stars Horror made by humans for humans
I found this story by Stephen King a little unusual to his typical style of horror, but nevertheless, I thought it was an excellent idea and a gripping read. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Katja Beck

5.0 out of 5 stars One of King's best!
I found myself thinking about this book long after it was read.

Its a simple plot, enter a competition, walk for as long as you can and if your the last man... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Waseem Hussain

5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic
really really good. i can't believe this isnt a film yet. it's such a great idea. it got me thinking about it for weeks. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Captain Joe Boston

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books King has ever written
This novel was the first full-length novel King ever wrote (completed whilst studying at the University of Maine when he was 19-20). Read more
Published 14 months ago by J. L. Brooks

5.0 out of 5 stars You will be with them every step of the way
One of King's finest tales- a brutal depiction of America as a militant state, where the mysterious major has devised a gruelling marathan- a 450 mile walk. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Bezerus Bezby

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the best but still a bloody good read
I have read most of Stephen King's books and as I enjoyed The Regulators I thought I'd give another Bachman a try. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Sophie Brown

5.0 out of 5 stars Just keep picking em up, and laying em down...
The Long Walk is simply exhausting to read. I found myself keep drifting in and out of sleep, needing to eat, drink, and use the bathroom. Read more
Published 23 months ago by D. Thompson

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