History Literature / Blaze

* BadassAndBaby: Blaze and Joey.

* DownerEnding: You weren't expecting a happy ending with a Bachman novel, were you? [[spoiler:Blaze never collects the ransom and he kills several innocent people before being gunned down himself. The only bright spot is that Joey survives unharmed and returned to his parents.]]

* StockholmSyndrome: A strange case. At the end, [[spoiler:after Joey is returned to his parents, he begins to cry because it's the "wrong face".]]

* DownerEnding: You weren't expecting a happy ending with a Bachman novel, were you? [[spoiler:Blaze never collects the ransom and he kills several innocent people before being gunned down himself. The only bright spot is thart Joey survives unharmed and returned to his parents.]]

* DownerEnding: You weren't expecting a happy ending with a Bachman novel, were you? [[spoiler:Blaze never collects the ransom and he kills several innocent people before being gunned down himself. The only bright spot is thart Joy survives unharmed and returned to his parents.]]

'''''Blaze''''' is an early novel written by Creator/StephenKing that predates even ''Literature/{{Carrie}}''. Finding it to be overtly sentimental, King shelved it. He later rediscovered it in the attic and, with much revision, published it in 2007 under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman.

* DownerEnding: You weren't expecting a happy ending with a Bachman novel, were you?

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Averted when King rewrote the original manuscript and removed all the dated references to make the novel of a more ambiguous time period.

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blazebachman_4230.jpg]]'''''Blaze''''' is an early novel written by Creator/StephenKing that predates even ''{{Carrie}}''. Finding it to be overtly sentimental, King shelved it. He later rediscovered it in the attic and, with much revision, published it in 2007 under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman.

* LighterAndSofter: By King's standards, especially when compared to the rest of the Bachman canon. It's a heartbreaking novel, but it's not as nihilistic as ''Literature/{{Rage}}'' or ''TheLongWalk''.

* DumbMuscle: Blaze functions as this to George, before and after his death.

* AbusiveParents - When he was a child, Blaze's father threw him down the stairs three times for interrupting his television, giving him permanent brain damage in the process.
* BadassAndBaby - Blaze and Joey.
* BrainsAndBrawn - George and Blaze.
* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors - Blaze went to one.
* DeadPersonConversation[=/=]SpiritAdvisor - Blaze is guided by his dead partner in crime, George.
* DownerEnding - You weren't expecting a happy ending with a Bachman novel, were you?
* GentleGiant - Blaze.
* InMediasRes - Throughout the novel there are flashbacks from Blaze's childhood all the way to his current situation.
* LighterAndSofter - By King's standards, especially when compared to the rest of the Bachman canon. It's a heartbreaking novel, but it's not as nihilistic as ''Literature/{{Rage}}'' or ''TheLongWalk''.
* LimaSyndrome - Blaze eventually falls in love with the baby and doesn't want to let it go.
* {{Manchild}} - Blaze.
* OneLastJob - What Blaze is on.
* StockholmSyndrome - A strange case. At the end, [[spoiler:after Joey is returned to his parents, he begins to cry because it's the "wrong face".]]
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece - Averted when King rewrote the original manuscript and removed all the dated references to make the novel of a more ambigious time period.
* VillainProtagonist - Well, he does kidnap a child.

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blazebachman_4230.jpg]]'''''Blaze''''' is an early novel written by StephenKing that predates even ''{{Carrie}}''. Finding it to be overtly sentimental, King shelved it. He later rediscovered it in the attic and, with much revision, published it in 2007 under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman.

* BrainsAndBrawn - George and Blaze.

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blazebachman_4230.jpg]]'''''Blaze''''' is an early novel written by StephenKing that predates even ''{{Carrie}}''. Finding it to be overtly sentimental, King shelved it. He later rediscovered it in the attic, and with much revision, published it in 2007 under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman.

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blazebachman_4230.jpg]]'''''Blaze''''' is an early novel written by StephenKing that predates even ''{{Carrie}}''. Finding it to be over-sentimental, King shelved it. He later rediscovered it in the attic, and with much revision, published it in 2007 under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman.

* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt - Averted. King wanted to publish the novel just under the Bachman pseudonym. The publishers were less than enthusiastic about the idea.

Clayton Blaisdell, Jr., also known as "Blaze", is a mentally challenged con artist. Under the guidance of the 'ghost' of his dead partner, kidnaps the infant son of a wealthy millionaire. The plan begins to crumble as Blaze begins to bond with the baby.

* InMediasRes - The story starts off with Blaze's last job
* LimaSyndrome - Throughout the novel there are flashbacks from Blaze's childhood all the way to his current situation.

* LimaSyndrome - Blaze falls in love with the baby and doesn't want to let it go.

* TheKidnapper - Blaze.