by Stephen King · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401498879
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«Maleficio» is the horror novel by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, from Plaza & Janés in paperback (336 pages, in Spanish).
Billy Halleck, an overweight lawyer, accidentally runs over an elderly gypsy woman and is acquitted at trial. The woman's father, a centenarian gypsy, curses him with a single word; from that moment on, Billy loses weight alarmingly and unstoppably. Desperate, he tries to find a solution before the curse consumes him, a search that leads him to consider playing with the forces of life and death.
Originally published in English as «Thinner» in 1984. This edition belongs to the Jet collection from Plaza & Janés.
For readers of Stephen King and fans of supernatural horror and curse stories.
Stephen Edwin King is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror fiction and has also explored other genres, among them suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery. He has written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in collections.
