The release date for the English version of 'Blaze' by
Richard Bachman is Jun 2007. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
From the edges:
The last Richard Bachman book, which was just rediscovered and released for the first time. Think that Stephen King's "dark half" was best reserved for last.
In 1973, a guy by the name of Richard Bachman used an Olivetti typewriter to create Blaze. He later gave the machine to Stephen King, who used it to write Carrie. Bachman died in 1985 ("cancer of the pseudonym"), but in late 2006 King found the original typescript of Blaze among his papers at the University of Maine's Fogler Library ("How did this get here?!"), and decided that with a little revision it ought to be published.
The narrative of Blaze tells the tale of Clayton Blaisdell, Jr. and includes the crimes he did, such as his last abduction of a millionaire infant. Blaze has been a slow thinker since childhood, when his father threw him down the stairs--and then threw him down again. Blaze links up with George, an experienced crook who believes he has all the answers, after fleeing an abusive boys' facility when he was a youngster. Blaze is left alone when George is slain, while being plagued by his buddy.
He turns out to be among the most likable crooks in all of literature. This is a crime story of surprising strength and sadness, with a suspenseful current sustained by the classic workings of fate and character--as taut and riveting as Stephen King's The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.