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Book Review of Thinner

Thinner
Thinner
Author: Stephen King
Genre: Horror
Book Type: Paperback
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The fantasy of becoming trimmer--and happier--turns into a nightmare of unrelenting terror for Billy Halleck who is 50 pounds overweight, sideswipes an old gypsy woman, and receives the maledictive sentence to get "thinner." What will he do when he can't stop losing weight?