Аннотация
Richard Bachman
The Long Walk
Only death can keep you from the finish line-in the ultimate competition of the all-too-near future…
“To me the Universe was all void of Life, or Purpose, of Volition, even of Hostility; it was one huge, dead, immeasurable Steamengine, rolling on, in its dead indifference, to grind me limb from limb. O vast, gloomy, solitary Golgotha, and Mill of Death! Why was the Living banished thither companionless, conscious? Why, if there is no Devil; nay, unless the Devil is your God?”
–Thomas Carlyle“I would encourage every American to walk as often as possible.
It’s more than healthy; it’s fun.”
–John F. Kennedy (1962)“The pump don’t work
’Cause the vandals took the handle.”
–Bob DylanPART ONE: STARTING OUT
CHAPTER 1
“Say the secret word and win a hundred dollars. George, who are our first contestants? George…? Are you there, George?”
–Groucho MarxYou Bet Your Life
An old blue Ford pulled i...
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