Only Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman can imagine the horror of a good and angry man
who fights back against bureaucracy when it threatens to destroy his vitality home and
memories. "Under any name King mesmerizes the reader" (Chicago Sun-Times). Barton Dawes is
standing in the way of progress when his unremarkable but comfortable existence suddenly takes
a turn for the worst. A new highway extension is being built right over the laundry plant where
he works-and right over his home. The house he has lived in for twenty years and where he
created loving memories with his family. Dawes isn't the sort of man who will take an insult of
this magnitude lying down. His steadfast 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 life. But before the city paves over that part of Dawes's life he's got
one more party to throw-and it'll be a blast. What happens when one good (and angry) man
fights back...and then some? This #1 national bestseller includes an introduction by Stephen
King on "The Importance of Being Bachman.
