The dictionary entry for "bleak" should just be the entirety of Stephen King 's The Long Walk .

The first novel King ever wrote (although not the first to be published), The Long Walk presents a dystopian America where every year, 100 young men participate in a grueling walk across the country. Fall behind or veer off the road, and they'll get shot by the soldiers driving alongside them. The last walker standing wins untold riches and a wish the government must fulfill, but can that truly make up for all he's lost over the course of this death march?

With a concept like that, it's no surprise that reading The Long Walk mimics the arduous trials its protagonists face. King is relentless in his depiction of the boys' suffering, and the same goes for The Long Walk 's film adaptati

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