This book is Stephen King's most beloved masterpiece, collecting four of his novellas. As soon as its English version was released, it topped the New York Times bestseller list and sold 280,000 copies in the United States that year. The book has been translated into thirty-one languages, and three of the four novels have been adapted into blockbuster movies, the most talked about of which is "The Shawshank Redemption", which was nominated for seven Academy Awards and is hailed as one of the most perfect films in film history. This novel demonstrates Stephen King's extraordinary skills beyond the thriller genre that he is good at. The other two novels in the book, "The Nazi Disciple" and "The Corpse" also won excellent reputations after being made into movies. Among them, "The Body" is also regarded as Stephen King's most autobiographical work.
