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Thinner (novel)
Thinner is a 1984 novel by Stephen King, published under his pseudonym, Richard Bachman.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinner_(novel)
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Collings Notes: Stephen King, THINNER--A Retro-review
In Thinner, something that is potentially obsessive and life-threatening in the real world weight loss that goes well beyond simple anorexia nervosis treated to the full master of horror treatment as King envisions walking skeletons, alligator men, and zits-gone-wild in a story of manic revenge.
http://michaelrcollings.blogspot.com/2016/01/stephen-king-thinner-retro-review.html
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You're Entitled to My Opinion: Thinner By Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman
Billy Halleck needs to get thinner. He's an overweight, middle-aged attorney who loves junk food too much. His wife and his doctor pester him to lose the weight. An angry gypsy provides the solution to Billy's problem, but gives him a whole new set of problems.
http://brianbookreviews.blogspot.com/2013/06/thinner-by-stephen-king-writing-as.html
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Thinner by Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman) - Fourth Street Review
Let's talk about weight. Weight is, without a doubt, a heavy subject. (Sorry.) You could be overweight, underweight, or at a perfectly healthy weight, but I know very few people who are happy
http://fourthstreetreview.com/2013/07/21/thinner-by-stephen-king-writing-as-richard-bachman/
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sharp pencil: Stephen King: Thinner (as Richard Bachman) (1984)
In 1982, Stephen King finished a manuscript entitled Gypsy Pie, about Bill Halleck, an overweight lawyer who uses his connections in law enforcement and the courts to evade punishment for hitting and killing an old gypsy woman with his car. The gypsy family's patriarch puts a curse on Halleck, causing him to lose a couple of pounds every day.
http://awood.blogspot.com/2012/08/stephen-king-thinner-as-richard-bachman.html
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Book Review: Thinner by Stephen King | Opinions of a Wolf
Summary: Billy Halleck is an overweight, high-powered lawyer in a wealthy Connecticut town. He's getting a bit irritated at his wife and a bit frustrated with his weight, but he loves his teenage daughter. One day, a band of gypsies come to town, and Billy accidentally runs one of them down with his car, killing�
https://opinionsofawolf.com/2011/05/18/book-review-thinner-by-stephen-king/
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The Great Stephen King Re-read: Thinner
Thinner, released in 1984, is the only Bachman book besides The Regulators that didn't start out with the name Stephen King on the manuscript. Unlike the other Bachman books it's not science fiction or a thriller, it's pure horror, but it shares DNA with the other Bachman books, including a grim, downbeat ending.
http://www.tor.com/2013/01/31/the-great-stephen-king-re-read-thinner/
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Rereading Stephen King, chapter 19: Thinner | Books | The Guardian
The last time Richard Bachman and Stephen King were thought to be different writers, and King's signature is becoming ever clearer in its story
https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2013/apr/16/rereading-stephen-king-thinner
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