Roadwork
'Under any name King mesmerizes the reader' Chicago Sun-Times<BR><BR> 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. <BR><BR> As a result, something's been happening inside Bart's head that a heartless local bureaucracy isn't prepared for . . . <BR><BR>As the wheels of progress and a demolition crew continue unabated throughout Bart's neighbourhood, 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.
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'Under any name King mesmerizes the reader' Chicago Sun-Times<BR><BR> 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. <BR><BR> As a result, something's been happening inside Bart's head that a heartless local bureaucracy isn't prepared for . . . <BR><BR>As the wheels of progress and a demolition crew continue unabated throughout Bart's neighbourhood, 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.
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194 mm | 129 mm | 27 mm | 255 gr
Erscheinungsjahr
2025
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0
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Taschenbuch
Verlag
Hodder And Stoughton Ltd.
ISBN-10
1399702467
ISBN-13
9781399702461
Autor
Bachman, Richard | King, Stephen
Sprache
Englisch
Seitenanzahl
368
Themen
Thriller / Spannung, Belletristik: Erzählungen, Kurzgeschichten, Short Stories, Moderne und zeitgenössische Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch
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