The Long Walk (The Bachman Books)

by Stephen King

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In an ultraconservative America of the not-too-distant future when America has become a police state, the annual marathon is the ultimate sports competition. One hundred boys are selected each year to enter a grueling 450-mile marathon walk. The game is simple: maintain a steady walking pace of four miles per hour without stopping. Three warnings and you're out--permanently. The winner will be awarded whatever he wants for the rest of his life; but a single misstep could be the last.
  • ISBN10 0451196716
  • ISBN13 9780451196712
  • Publish Date 1 April 1999 (first published 1 February 1979)
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 29 January 2010
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Penguin Putnam Inc
  • Edition Open market ed
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 384
  • Language English