Author: Richard Bachman (pseudonym for Stephen King) Genre: Contemporary Original publication date: March 1981 Book Description (from GoodReads): Barton Dawes’ unremarkable but comfortable existence suddenly takes a turn for the worst. Highway construction puts him out of work and simultaneously forces him out of his home. Dawes isn’t the sort of man who will take an insult of this magnitude lying down. His single-minded determination to fight the inevitable course of progress drives his wife and friends away while he tries to face down the uncaring bureaucracy that has destroyed his once comfortable life. Thoughts: This is a very interesting story. It starts with a man who is tasked with something for his work that he does not agree to. You do not know exactly what is going on. Barton is buying guns, big ones and he is doing it in a suspicious way. Barton is having issues due to the newest construction, the road that will make him lose what has been his life ...
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