![]() 3 on The New York Times best-seller list and No. But by Bachman's fifth book, "Thinner," published in hardback last November, a much bigger audience was beginning to form. "Rage," a paperback, was published in 1977 by New American Library and achieved obscurity almost immediately. The birth of Richard Bachman was much less dramatic than his death. Okay, you know I'm Bachman, I know I'm Bachman, what are we going to do about it? Let's talk." I sent him a letter detailing what I had found, and waited for a dissembling reply. But the earliest of the Bachman books, "Rage," was in King's own name. ![]() ![]() All but one were in the name of Kirby McCauley, who is King's agent. My suspicions drove me to the Library of Congress for a look at Richard Bachman's copyrights. ![]() It had to be Stephen King, the self-described "literary equivalent of a Big Mac and a side of fries" who had become one of America's most popular living writers. Gradually it dawned on me that they could have been written only by one man, and it wasn't Richard Bachman. My involvement began while I read Bachman's five novels. Novelist Richard Bachman died of exposure early this year. ![]()
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