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Roadwork: A Novel

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Roadwork: A Novel

Only Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, can imagine the horror of a good and angry man who fights back against bureaucracy when it threatens to destroy his vitality, home, and memories. â€œUnder any name King mesmerizes the readerâ€ (Chicago Sun-Times).

â€œI listened to myself. But people talk a different language inside."

Itâ€™s all coming to an end for Barton Dawes. The cityâ€™s Highway 784 extension is in the process of being constructed right across town and inexorably through every aspect of Bartâ€™s existenceâ€”whether itâ€™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, somethingâ€™s been happening inside Bartâ€™s head that a heartless local bureaucracy isnâ€™t prepared forâ€”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 Bartâ€™s neighborhood, heâ€™s not about to give everything up without a fight. As a matter of fact, heâ€™s ready and waiting to ignite an explosive confrontation with the legislative forces gathered against him....
Country USA
Brand Gallery Books
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781501192210
ReleaseDate 2017-12-19
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781501192210

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