A brain-damaged small-time crook attempts a baby kidnapping while haunted by abuse and his dead partner’s voice in this tragic crime novel.
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A brain-damaged small-time crook attempts a baby kidnapping while haunted by abuse and his dead partner’s voice in this tragic crime novel.
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Blaze is a novel by American writer Stephen King, published under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman. King announced on his website that he "found it" in an attic. As stated in the afterword of Different Seasons, it was written before Carrie. King offered the original draft of the novel to his Doubleday publishers at the same time as 'Salem's Lot; the latter was chosen to be his second novel and Blaze became a "trunk novel." King rewrote the manuscript, editing out much of what he perceived as ove...
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Sexual content
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Brief sexual content; sexualized description of a dying young girl
Violence & gore
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Crime violence, killings, beatings; kidnapping plot with bloody outcomes
Profanity
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Frequent strong profanity typical of King crime fiction
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ identities or relationships depicted
Religious content
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No evidence found in available sources
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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Ambiguous ghostly voice of dead partner may guide the protagonist
Political content
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Brief class themes; wealthy family noted as Republican
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Sustained graphic child abuse flashbacks; brain injury from beatings; infant kidnapping
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