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Originally Posted by MJ4H
I just started The Long Walk by Stephen King (as Richard Bachman). Picked it up on a recommendation and have been riveted so far. 100 teenage boys are selected from applications to participate in a year long walk in which the last remaining participant gets whatever he wants for the rest of his life. Walkers are eliminated if they fall below a minimum walking speed and get 3 warnings and then are "ticketed" after their next transgression.
It is intentionally left vague what exactly it means to be ticketed until the first boy in the walk gets ticketed.
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So has anyone read this? zi just finished yesterday and was completely baffled by the last page. WTF?