Roadwork
Book - 1981 Fiction / King, Stephen 1 On Shelf No requests on this item
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"Roadwork was first published in a Signet edition under the name Richard Bachman, and later appeared in NAL harcover and Plume trade paperback omnibus editions titled The Bachman books under the name Stephen King. "The importance of being Bachman" appeared in slightly different form in the 1996 Plume edition of The Bachman books."--T.p. verso.
It’s all coming to an end for Barton Dawes. The city’s Highway 784 extension is in the process of being constructed right across town and inexorably through every aspect of Bart’s existence—whether it’s about to barrel over the laundry plant where he makes a living, or soon to smash through the very home where he makes a life. But as a result, something’s been happening inside Bart’s head that a heartless local bureaucracy isn’t prepared for—a complete and irrevocable burnout of the mental circuit breaker that keeps a mild-mannered person from turning to violent means. As the wheels of progress and a demolition crew continue unabated throughout Bart’s neighborhood, he’s not about to give everything up without a fight. As a matter of fact, he’s ready and waiting to ignite an explosive confrontation with the legislative forces gathered against him...
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PUBLISHED
New York : Signet, c1981 (1999 printing)
Year Published: 1981
Description: 409 pages ; 21 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0451197879 (pbk.) :
9781501192210
SUBJECTS
Roads -- Design and construction -- Fiction.
Horror fiction.