- novella, Germans, Nazis, war crime
A golden California schoolboy and an old man whose hideous past he uncovers enter into a fateful and chilling mutual parasitism. ([source][1])
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Grave, bleak, classical in form and intimate.
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Stephen King
- First published
- November 1998
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Audio, Penguin Audio, Brand: Recorded Books
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781529379297
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Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and five non-fiction books. He has also written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in book collections. King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, and British Fantasy Society Awards. In 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to A
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