# The Body An iconic story from the No. 1 bestseller, and the inspiration for the film Stand By Me

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- Authors: [Stephen King](https://www.bookquiver.com/stephen-king)
- Language: en_US

## Description

<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> - now released as a standalone 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 unforgettable coming-of-age story by master chronicler of small-town adolescence and universal experience, Stephen King.</p>

## Editions

### The Body An iconic story from the No. 1 bestseller, and the inspiration for the film Stand By Me

- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-15-2937-932-7
- Published: 2021-09-09
- Language: en_US