{"product_id":"9781529379334","title":"The Body : An iconic story from the No. 1 bestseller, and the inspiration for the film Stand By Me","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Stephen King\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 9 September 2021 by Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton (Hodder Paperback) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Different Seasons' series.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 208 pages\u003cbr\u003e130 x 196 x 16mm | 154g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's timeless coming-of-age novella, The Body - set in Castle Rock and originally published in his 1982 short story collection Different Seasons, and adapted into the film classic Stand by Me - now released as a standalone publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe'd all listened to the Ray Brower story . . . he was a kid our age  The small town of Castle Rock is tuning in to the news of a young boy who has gone missing from a nearby town.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGordie Lachance and his three friends set off along the railway tracks on a quest, determined to become famous by officially finding the boy's body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  But their journey becomes a rite of passage, and as they cross the railway trestle and the tracks begin to hum, the boys encounter an intimation of their own mortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdapted into the 1986 classic film Stand By Me, The Body is an iconic exploration of friendship, loneliness and adventure, an unforgettable coming-of-age story by master chronicler of small-town adolescence and universal experience, Stephen King.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen King","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57409973846341,"sku":"9781529379334","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9781529379334.jpg?v=1773740886","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9781529379334","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}