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When William Halleck and his wife Heidi go on a second honeymoon it is party to take their minds off the worrying fact that Billy is losing weight quickly - and he isn't on a diet. It is also to forget. to forget the dreadful accident which killed a gypsy woman and put Billy in court; to forget that Heidi's excessive smoking and Billy's excessive eating have been a strain on their marriage; and for Billy to forget the frightfully disfigures face of the old gypsy man outside the courthouse.
But the second honeymoon is soon forgotten as the weight continues to fall away from Billy, no matter how much he eats. As he goes through rigorous tests and terrible strain, no cause can be diagnosed. But Billy knows. He knows that the gypsy with the rotting nose, and the dead woman, are at the bottom of it all. He has been cursed. And there is precious little he can do about it. Until Richard Ginelli the New York gang leader, his long time friend, comes to his aid bringing with him the force of another kind of curse: "the curse of the white man from town".
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gluttony, magic, Romani, Allegories, Horror, Juvenile fiction, Littérature d'épouvante, Romanies, Occult fiction, Horror stories, Horror fiction, Horror tales, Jeunesse, Livres et lecture, FICTION / Media Tie-In, FICTION / Thrillers, FICTION / Horror, Blessing and cursing, Weight loss, Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, horror, Large type books, Billy Halleck (Fictitious character), Paranormal fiction, American literature, Halleck, billy (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, media tie-in, Lawyers, fictionPeople
Bob, Bobby, Jillian, Marcy, Timmy, Lars Arncaster, Ron Baker, Mrs. Bean, Judy Blume, Hilmer Boynton, Mrs. Callaghee, Allen Chalker, Richard Crosskill, Georgina Deever, David Duganfield, Lonnie Enders, Mr. Fander, Rand Foxworth, Richard Ginelli, Heidi Halleck, Linda Joan Halleck, William J. Halleck, Trey Heilig, Duncan Hopley, Michael Houston, Jenny Houston, Grand Lawlor, Angelina Lemke, Samuel Lemke, Susanna Lemke, Taduz Lemke, Mrs. Marley, Tommy McGhee, Zachary Merchant, Miss Nearing, John Parker, Mr. Parsons, Kirk Penschley, Glenn Petrie, Frank Quigley, Tom Rangely, Don Rickles, Jim Roberts, Mr. Rodgers, Cary Rossington, Leda Rossington, Dorothy Sayers, Rhoda Simonson, Frank Spurton, Maura Starbird, Yard Stevens, Ellis Stoner, John Tree, Dr. YountPlaces
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Originally published: New York : New American Library, c1984.
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""Thinner," the old Gypsy man with the rotting nose whispers to William Halleck as Halleck and his wife, Heidi, come out of the court-house."
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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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