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Firestarter

Firestarter (1980)

428 pages 3.9/5 Goodreads
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Firestarter is a science fiction-horror thriller novel by Stephen King, first published in September 1980. In July and August 1980, two excerpts from the novel were published in Omni. In 1981, Firestarter was nominated as Best Novel for the British Fantasy Award, Locus Poll Award, and Balrog Award. ---------- Also contained in: [Ominbus](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL25080326W)

Author: Stephen King

ISBN: 9781668009925

Content Warnings

Mental Health & Emotional

Forced institutionalization
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