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Roadwork - by Stephen King (Paperback)

Roadwork - by  Stephen King (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The city's Highway 784 extension is being constructed right through every aspect of Bart Dawes's existence -- his home, his neighborhood, and the plant where he works. But something's happening inside his head, a complete and irrevocable burnout of the mental circuit breaker that keeps a mild-mannered person like Bart from turning to violent means. He's not about to give up everything without a fight.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>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. "Under any name King mesmerizes the reader" (<i>Chicago Sun-Times</i>).</b> <p/><i>"I listened to myself. But people talk a different language inside. </i> <p/>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....<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes <i>Billy Summers</i>, <i>If It Bleeds</i>, <i>The Institute</i>, <i>Elevation</i>, <i>T</i><i>he Outsider</i>, <i>Sleeping Beauties</i> (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: <i>End of Watch</i>, <i>Finders Keepers</i>, and <i>Mr. Mercedes</i> (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel <i>11/22/63</i> was named a top ten book of 2011 by <i>The New York Times Book Review</i> and won the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works <i>The Dark Tower</i>, <i>It</i>, <i>Pet Sematary</i>, and <i>Doctor Sleep</i> are the basis for major motion pictures, with <i>It </i>now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

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