num_pages: 1415
description: When a man crashes his car into a petrol station, he brings with him the foul corpses of his wife and daughter. He dies and it doesn't take long for the plague which killed him to spread across America and the world. This work comes from the author of "The Tommyknockers", "Misery" and "Pet Sematary".
language: English
title: The Stand
titlecomplete: The Stand
characters: General William Starkey, Lucy Swann, Glenn Bateman, Larry Underwood, The Rat Man, Julie Lawry, Stuart Redman, Tom Cullen, Kojak, Lloyd Henreid, Harold Lauder, Judge Farris, Captain Trips, Joe/Leo Rockway, Nick Andros, Nadine Cross, American Law Enforcement, Mother Abigail Freemantle, The Anti-Christ, Dayna Jurgens, Ralph Brentner, Major Len Creighton, Randall Flagg, United States Military, Fran Goldsmith, Trashcan Man, Charles D. Campion
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller, Apocalyptic, Horror, Classics, Fantasy, Dystopia, Audiobook, Post Apocalyptic
ratings_count: 737546
places: The United States of America, New York City, New York, Arizona, Ogunquit, Maine, Arnett, Texas, Boulder, Colorado, Arkansas, Idaho, Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada, Pennsylvania
awards: awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Locus Award
category: Best SF Novel, awardedAt: 284025600000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Gandalf Award, awardedAt: 315561600000
name: Balrog Award
category: Best Novel (1979)
publisher: New English Library