Blaze: A Novel
by Richard Bachman
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Author: Richard BachmanForeword: Stephen King
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2007-06-12
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Scribner
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Summary: 5 Stars
There always seems a distinct difference between a King & a Bachman novel. That's not changed here. Bachman has a more in your face style peppered with a little King here & there. You'll not find the supernatural here. But, you will find a page turner. King has a way of fully developing his characters & evolving a story around them. Blaze is a solid example.
Published in 2007, from what King calls a trunk novel (A manuscript he's decided not to publish)Blaze was written years back as Bachman.
Blaze is actually the main character, Clayton Blaisdell Jr. He's a monster of a man in size. His intellect, unfortunately, is the opposite due mainly to his abusive drunken father.
Blaze grows up in orphanages & an abusive foster home. He turns into a small time con artist & hood. The voice of his now dead partner has him looking to kidnap a baby for the one big score. He winds up bonding with the baby he's pilfered.
Blaze is a character who commits some rather heinous acts. You should feel nothing but contempt for him. Instead you find he's a rather likable fellow.
The ending to this novel is quite predictable, yet it doesn't detract. You find you don't look forward to the inevitable.
I found "Blaze" right up there with "The Long Walk".
Mr. King, you keep these wonderful manuscripts stored in the trunk much too long! They are a treat for your "Dear Constant Readers"
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