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Roadwork

Stephen King

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About this work

Roadwork is a thriller novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1981 under the pseudonym Richard Bachman as a paperback original. It was collected in 1985 in the hardcover omnibus The Bachman Books. The story takes place in an unnamed Midwestern city in 1972–1974. Grieving over the death of his son and the disintegration of his marriage, a man is driven to mental instability when he learns that both his home and his workplace will be demolished to make way for an extension to an interstate highway. --- Also contained in: - The Bachman Books (opens in a new tab)) - The Bachman Books

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Edition identifiers ISBN-10 0451197879 · ISBN-13 9780451197870

Subjects

  • brain cancer
  • middle management
  • organized crime
  • Molotov cocktails
  • eminent domain
  • hunting rifles
  • Suspense
  • Fiction
  • roads
  • design and construction
  • American horror tales
  • horror fiction
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Edition1999-06 · Signet
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Extent
320 pages
Language
English
ISBN-10
0451197879
EAN-13
9780451197870
paperback1983-06 · New English Library
EditionOctober 1999 · Tandem Library
Electronic resource2009 · Penguin USA, Inc.
Digital Audio2016-01 · Simon & Schuster Audio
mass market paperback2016 · Pocket Books
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Extent
416 pages
Language
English
ISBN-10
1501143832
EAN-13
9781501143830
library bindingApr 26, 2016 · Turtleback Books
Cover of Roadwork
Extent
416 pages
Language
English
ISBN-10
0606389326
EAN-13
9780606389327
Mass Market Paperback1999-06 · Signet