David Ely
Author
Publisher
Charterhouse
Pub. Date
[1972]
Language
English
Description
The cops tell him he can't walk on the road--"but nobody walks! Roads aren't made for walking!" A reverse racist Jamaican tells Davis he hasn't "suffered" enough to tackle the project. His family doesn't care much, and his sponsor pulls support. And still Davis keeps walking...Des Moines, Peoria, Kankakee, Lafayette, Marion, Columbus and Newark, Pittsburgh, up into Vermont and then Canada, Scotland and England, France, Germany, Greece and Turkey......
5) Seconds
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Desperate to escape his dreary, dead-end life, an aging banker succumbs to a mysterious organization's offer of a new identity and a fresh start. Surgically transformed into a handsome, young man, he begins a jet-set existence among a shadowy community of similar "reborns." But his heady exhilaration spirals into a heart-stopping terror as he discovers that his newly purchased life carries a terrifying price.
6) Seconds
Series
Criterion collection ; 667
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A sinister thriller from the fractured 1960s that concerns a middle-aged businessman dissatisfied with his suburban existence, who is urged (and blackmailed) to undergo a strange and elaborate procedure that will grant him a new life as a reborn.
