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Barcode37821002554299
LocationMarshall District
TitleReacher : the stories behind the stories / Lee Child.
AuthorChild, Lee, author.
Call No809 CHI
CollectionAdult New Arrivals

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International Standard Book Number 1613167067
International Standard Book Number 9781613167069
Personal Name Child, Lee, author.
Title Statement Reacher : the stories behind the stories / Lee Child.
Edition Statement First edition.
Imprint New York : The Mysterious Press, 2025
Physical Description xiii, 221 pages ; 20 cm.
General Note "Featuring a new, original Reacher short story, 'A Better Place'"--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 1997s The Killing Floor, Jack Reacher has quickly become one of the most popularand most enduringfictional 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 authors life, but of the world outside the books. And taken together, they chart the rise of an action icon, from 1999s The Killing Floor to 2019s 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 storythe 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. -- Page 2 of cover.
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 Literary criticism.
Added Entry, Personal Name Child, Lee. Better place.
Added Entry, Variant Title Better place.

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