The Body Av Stephen King

<p><b>The No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King''s timeless coming-of-age novella, <i>The Body</i> - set in Castle Rock and originally published in his 1982 short story collection <i>Different Seasons, </i>and adapted into the film classic <i>Stand by Me</i> - is now available as a stand-alone publication.</b><br><br><i>We''d all listened to the Ray Brower story . . . he was a kid our age</i><br><br> The small town of Castle Rock is tuning in to the news of a young boy who has gone missing from a nearby town.<br><br>Gordie Lachance and his three friends set off along the railway tracks on a quest, determined to become famous by officially finding the boy''s body.<br><br> But their journey becomes a rite of passage, and as they cross the railway trestle and the tracks begin to hum, the boys encounter an intimation of their own mortality.<br><br>Adapted into the 1986 classic film <i>Stand By Me</i>,<i> The Body </i>is an iconic exploration of friendship, loneliness and adventure, an unfo