In a world where Stephen King books are as ubiquitous as water, Rage is the rare exception to the rule.Īnd there’s good reason for that. Today, the only way to even read the novel is getting your hands on an old copy of The Bachman Books (which is what I did), or finding one of the relatively rare standalone copies. Stephen King (er, I mean Richard Bachman) himself has barred publishers from reprinting Rage because over time he’s become upset by the book’s content, and the disturbing number of copycat events that occurred through the 1980’s and 1990’s. I’d heard it was an alright novel (especially for the first non-horror foray of a relatively young author), but three decades of school violence have passed since the publishing of the book, and that’s made for a lot of water under the proverbial bridge. In this current climate, the last thing I wanted to read was a book about a school shooting. When I saw Rage was next on the list, my spirits sank a bit. Over the course of one long, tense and unbearable hot afternoon, Charlie Decker explains what led him to this drastic sequence of events, while at the same time deconstructing the personalities of his classmates, forcing each one to justify his or her existence. Synopsis: A disturbed high-school student with authority problems kills one of his teachers and takes the rest of his class hostage.
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