Billy Summers Summary
Stephen King

Billy Summers Overview

In Billy Summers, a job novel by Stephen King, the titled character is a for-hire assassin who is struggling to come to terms with himself. As Billy struggles, he writes his life story during the time surrounding his final job. Billy wants to think of himself as a good person because he only kills bad people. However, that description of himself is getting more and more difficult to justify. Themes in the novel include differences between a bad man and a monster, loss of innocence, and the purpose of writing.