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Name: Roadwork
Rating: 3.7 (10 reviews)
Author: Stephen King

Roadwork was first published as a paperback original in 1981 under the pseudonym Richard Bachman and later collected in the hardcover omnibus *The Bachman Books* (1985). The novel follows a grieving father in an unnamed Midwestern city between 1972 and 1974, whose increasing mental instability is fueled by the city's decision to demolish both his home and workplace to expand an interstate highway. The story explores themes of loss, eminent domain, and the psychological toll of displacement.

First publish date: 1991

Genre: Suspense/General Suspense

Authors: Stephen King

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