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Barcode37821002548093
StatusChecked Out
LocationMarshall District
TitleReacher : the stories behind the stories [large print] / Lee Child.
AuthorChild, Lee, author.
Call NoLP 809 CHI
CollectionAdult New Arrivals
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LP 809 CHI Due on 9/30/2025  

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781420527865
International Standard Book Number 1613167067
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 823/.914
Personal Name Child, Lee, author.
Title Statement Reacher : the stories behind the stories [large print] / Lee Child.
Edition Statement Large print edition
Imprint Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2025.
Physical Description 223 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Physical Medium large print rdafs.
General Note "Published in 2025 by arrangement with Mysterious Press, an imprint of Penzler Publishers"--Title page.
Formatted Contents Note Introduction -- Killing floor (1997) -- Die trying (1998) -- Tripwire (1999) -- Running blind (2000) -- Echo burning (2001) -- Without fail (2002) -- Persuader (2003) -- The enemy (2004) -- One shot (2005) -- The hard way (2006) -- Bad luck and trouble (2007) -- Nothing to lose (2008) -- Gone tomorrow (2009) -- 61 hours (2010) -- Worth dying for (2010) -- The affair (2011) -- A wanted man (2012) -- Never go back (2013) -- Personal (2014) -- Make me (2015) -- Night school (2014) -- The midnight line (2017) -- Past tense (2018) -- Blue moon (2019) -- A better place -- Afterword / by Otto Penzler.
Summary, Etc. After making his debut in 1997’s The Killing Floor, Jack Reacher has quickly become one of the most popular—and most enduring—fictional heroes to emerge in the past half century. Now, his creator tells the stories behind the stories. These are the origin tales of all of the Reacher novels written solely by Lee Child, chock full of colorful anecdotes and intriguing inspirations. One by one, they expand upon each novel and place it in the context not only of the author’s life, but of the world outside the books. And taken together, they chart the rise of an action icon, from 1999’s The Killing Floor to 2019’s Blue Moon. An afterword by crime fiction expert and bookseller Otto Penzler considers the importance of the character and novels in the canon of contemporary crime fiction. In addition to the essays, this collection also includes an original Reacher short story—the first new Reacher appearance entirely written by Lee Child since 2019. Entertaining and enlightening, Reacher: The Stories Behind the Stories is a must-read for fans of the Jack Reacher series and a capstone to any collection of this excellent author.
Subject-Personal Name Child, Lee. Jack Reacher novel Authorship.
Subject-Personal Name Reacher, Jack (Fictitious character)
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Fiction Technique.
Index Term-Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Index Term-Genre/Form Large print books.
Index Term-Genre/Form Literary criticism.
Added Entry, Variant Title Better place.

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