Maleficio / Thinner

by Stephen King

No cover — Stephen King: Maleficio / Thinner (Paperback, Spanish language, 2005, Debolsillo)

Paperback, 368 pages

Spanish language

Published June 30, 2005 by Debolsillo.

ISBN:: 978-84-9793-139-7

Thinner is a horror novel by American author Stephen King, published in 1984 by NAL under King's pseudonym Richard Bachman. The story centers on lawyer Billy Halleck, who kills a crossing Romani woman in a road accident and escapes legal punishment because of his connections. However, the woman's father places a curse on Halleck, which causes him to lose weight uncontrollably.

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1 star

This should have been a short story, if it had to be a story at all. Nothing about this book clicked with me, from the unsympathetic characters to the tedious "action", and King Bachman's treatment of the Romany seemed particularly tone deaf. Usually I enjoy King's work, but I admit I had to skim a lot of this just to make it through. Would not recommend.