Rage

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Rage is a psychological horror novel by Stephen King, originally published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, that follows a troubled high school student who takes his class hostage.

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instanceOf novel
author Stephen King
authorPseudonym Richard Bachman
authorRequestedOutOfPrint Stephen King
containsElement classroom siege
hostage situation
countryOfOrigin United States
coverArtist Don Brautigam
firstPublicationForm paperback
genre horror fiction
psychological horror
hasCharacter Charlie Decker
hasCharacterRole Charlie Decker is the hostage-taker
hasForm novel
hasFormat mass-market paperback
hasMoralIssue responsibility for media influence
youth violence
hasPublisherImprint Signet
hasSubgenre school shooting fiction
hasTargetAudience adult readers
hasTheme adolescent anger
alienation
mental illness
school violence
isEarlyWorkOf Stephen King
literarySignificance early work published under Stephen King’s Richard Bachman pseudonym
mainCharacter Charlie Decker
mediaType print
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor being taken out of print at the author’s request
originalLanguage English
originalTitle Rage
pageCountApproximate 211
partOfSeries The Bachman Books
plotSummary A troubled high school student takes his algebra class hostage after shooting his teacher.
protagonistOccupation high school student
publicationYear 1977
publisher Signet Books
reasonForWithdrawal association with real-life school shootings
removedFromCollection The Bachman Books
setting high school
timePeriodOfSetting 1970s
workPublishedUnderName Richard Bachman

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