The Regulators.
New York: Dutton, 1996. First edition, first printing. Quarter tan cloth, in illustrated dust jacket ($24.95). Fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover. Item #241518
THE KING-BACHMAN CONVERGENCE
The Regulators is both a brutal suburban horror novel and a fascinating literary experiment: published a decade after Richard Bachman had been publicly “killed off,” it arrived as a posthumous Bachman work paired directly with King’s Desperation. Published simultaneously, the novels share mirrored characters, parallel realities, and interconnected dust-jacket artwork that literally completes itself when the books are placed together. More than a pseudonymous curiosity, The Regulators stands as King’s dark double—violent, surreal, and self-consciously playing with identity, authorship, and the idea of alternate worlds. A very fine first edition.
Price: $35.00