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The Body

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New York Times bestselling author Stephen King’s timeless novella “The Body”—originally published in his 1982 short story collection Different Seasons, and adapted into the 1986 film classic Stand by Me—is now available as a stand-alone publication.

Ray Brower, the boy who went missing and the reason Gordie, Chris, Teddy, and Vern took the camping trip to Back Harlow Road, is from Chamberlain, which is the setting for the King's first novel Carrie. The emotions that the author evoked were deep and the ending will have you pondering for a certain long time. There are lyrical parts and trademark-King unflinching gory parts, and social commentary without the slightest sugar-coating. It’s humorous and adventurous, all of what you would expect from 12 year old boys bantering and causing mischief.Most people have probably seen - or at least heard of - the movie Stand By Me; the heartwarming and surprisingly faithful adaptation of Stephen King's short story The Body. Both the absence of fear in situations your adult self might shy away from instinctively, but also the presence of it in moments where it wouldn’t even be taken into consideration by your rational grown-up mind. Gordon is also revealed to be a veteran of the Vietnam War and the counter-culture of the 1960s, occasionally referred to in the flash-forward narratives during the main story. In a story that seeks to explore the innermost thoughts and feelings of these four, the reader can see that emotions run deep and that the ‘tough guy’ exteriors are only a pre-teen facade. King co-wrote the bestselling novel Sleeping Beauties with his son Owen King, and many of King's books have been turned into celebrated films and television series including The Shawshank Redemption, Gerald's Game and It.

I find these types of packaging not to last very long at all and would have hoped the CD's would have been provided in a sturdy case of some sort to stand the test of time.It” terrified me so bad as a child that I still can’t pass by a sewer drain without being reminded of it. This time around I loved this book the only thing stopping it from being a 5 star read is that its in my opinion too short. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut.

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