 | This article consists almost entirely of a plot summary. (April 2016) |
| "A Death" | |||
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| Short story by Stephen King | |||
| Country | United States | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Genre(s) | crime, historical | ||
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| Published in | The New Yorker, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams | ||
| Publication type | short story | ||
| Publisher | The New Yorker, Charles Scribner's Sons | ||
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| Publication date | March 9, 2015 | ||
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"A Death" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the March 9, 2015 issue of The New Yorker,[1] and collected in the November 3 collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. In his "Introduction" to the latter book, King suggests that he was somewhat inspired by The Hair of Harold Roux (1975), a novel by Thomas Williams, which King describes as the best book about writing ever written.
Set in the Dakota Territory, 1889,[2] the story describes the arrest, trial, and conviction of Jim Trusdale, a simple-minded rancher's son, for a crime he may not have committed.