Roadwork
  Roadwork
Formats: Paperback / Audio
First Edition Release Date: 1981

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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.

 

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Posted By: Brizzonator - January 1st, 2012 9:57:57 pm EST

I have one giant question for Hollywood. WHY THE HELL ISN'T THIS NOVEL A MOVIE?!! Are you kidding me? The story was set in the 70's, but could just as easily be changed to today. Man lost his child. Man loses job during economic malaise due to internal sadness. Man loses his house due to unnecessary expansion(federal stimulus package anyone?) Please, for god's sake get this thing optioned SK, if you can. Oscar nominee for sure with the right actor. You said it was about finding an answer to pain, what better describes the country now?

 
 
Posted By: Lover257 - June 2nd, 2011 2:10:09 pm EDT

this is literally my favourite book.

 
 
Posted By: S.K.Rules - April 10th, 2011 2:42:08 pm EDT

MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS Finnished this book a little while ago and loved it, a real page turner, I never knew what wasa going to happen next apart from the part with the gun fire (but it didn't go the way I thought it would). I thought the story was perfect apart from the fact I thought he was going to defend his home (that's what I thought he was going to us the guns for) but instead...(I won't say anymore on this read the book to understand. Everything else to me apart from the ending was perfect. Brill read.

 
 
Posted By: MPH - September 5th, 2010 10:26:13 pm EDT
i threw up in my mouth while reading it. i think king would agree with me about that too. sorry king i love you
 
 
Posted By: Luli - August 7th, 2010 4:44:22 pm EDT
I've just finished Roadwork and I gotta say the way King got into the character's mind is fascinating. I think we can all relate to Bart Dawes at some point and that's the greatest thing about it. Oh, and by the way, I think they should defintely make a movie based on this book. Robert Downey Jr. would be the best choice to play Dawes.
 
 
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