Riding the Bullet
by Stephen Kingliterary work· published 2000
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When he gets a call that his mother has suffered a stroke, college student, Alan Parker, has no car to get him from the University of Maine campus to Lewiston where she has been hospitalized. He is able to hitch a ride with a stranger who offers him a no-win choice. ([source])
Adaptations (1)
Riding the Bullet was adapted into a 2004 film.
Riding the Bullet2004 · film · 98 min · dir. Mick Garris · IMDb ↗In 1969, while studying at the University of Maine, artist Alan Parker becomes obsessed with death. Believing he is losing his girlfriend, he tries to commit suicide on his birthday but his friends manage to stop him. He receives news that his mother has had a stroke and decides to hitchhike to visit her at the hospital.
