“Blaze” is what King calls a "trunk" novel, meaning it's a book that he never published; he wrote it in 1973 and put it in the trunk, thinking it was not publishable. At this time Stephen King was writing under the name of Richard Backman. King decided to take a second look at this novel and after doing some fine tuning, decided to go ahead and have it published.
BLAZE is the story of Clayton Blaisdell, Jr. and the crimes committed against him as well as the crimes he commits, including his last, the kidnapping of a baby heir worth millions. Since childhood Blaze has been a slow thinker because his abusive father threw him down the stairs -- and then threw him down again. After escaping an abusive institution for boys when he was a teenager, Blaze meets George, a seasoned criminal who thinks he has all the answers. But then George is killed, and Blaze is on his own. He becomes one of the most sympathetic criminals in all of literature. This is a crime story of surprising strength and sadness.
Here's what people are saying about Stephen King’s latest book called, “Blaze: A Novel”.
“The most difficult thing in fiction is to make the bad guy seem sympathetic, but King pulls it off in spades.”
"Just as we feel for Lenny in Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," so, too, do we feel for Clayton, who is a criminal on the run; he has stolen the infant but, in the process, has stolen our hearts, as well. That is the art of fiction, the art of storytelling, and King's always had that gotta-read-the-next-page-to-see-what's-happened quality.”
“This is old Stephen King, starving, unpopular, unnoticed King. This is King when he was still struggling to keep his family eating. Great read!”
“BLAZE shone with a gritty kind of storytelling that marked King's early fiction.”
“Overall, BLAZE is a nice reminder of why Stephen is one of my favorite authors of all time!”
“Since this was a "trunk" novel by Stephen King (King himself warns readers of this in his introduction), written in 1973 and published under the name Richard Bachman, I wasn't expecting much, especially since I'm not a big fan of the books put out under the Bachman name. I was, however, pleasantly surprised. When King is at his best, he's a great storyteller and "Blaze" is a good example of his storytelling skills.”
“This book is definitely one of the better writings that came out of King's alias Bachman years. He covers Blaze's entire life throughout the story, and weaves it together with the present undertakings of the perfect crime gone bad. I honestly could not think of a better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than reading this book. Buy it if you a fan of King's Bachman genius and you definitely will not be disappointed”
“At the Amazon discount, you can't afford NOT to buy this book if you're a King fan or you're a fan of good old-fashioned storytelling. And, as a bonus, your purchase will help, indirectly, freelance writers who these days are the true mavericks, the last of a dying breed.”
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