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''Roadwork'' is a 1981 novel written by Creator/StephenKing under the alias of Richard Bachman.

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''Roadwork'' is a 1981 novel written by Creator/StephenKing under the alias {{pen name}} of Richard Bachman.

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''Roadwork'' is a 1981 novel written by Creator/StephenKing under the alias of Richard Bachman. Barton George Dawes, grieving over the loss of his son and the disintegration of his marriage, is pushed to the edge when he learns that both his home and his workplace will be demolished to make way for an extension to an Interstate highway.

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''Roadwork'' is a 1981 novel written by Creator/StephenKing under the alias of Richard Bachman.

Barton George Dawes, grieving over the loss of his son and the disintegration of his marriage, is pushed to the edge when he learns that both his home and his workplace will be demolished to make way for an extension to an Interstate highway.

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* TheSeventies: Except for the prologue, the story takes place during the energy crisis of 1973-74.



* TheSeventies: Except for the prologue, the story takes place during the energy crisis of 1973-74.
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* DownerEnding: Par for the course for a Bachman book. [[spoiler:The siege of Dawes' home ends with Dawes blowing the place up [[DrivenToSuicide with him inside]], his defiance [[AllForNothing was completely useless]] and the epilogue twists the knife further by explaining that [[PointlessCivilProject the roadwork was just something done to keep the city's budget at a certain level]], [[ShootTheShaggyDog making the whole situation mind-numbingly worthless]].]]

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* DownerEnding: Par for the course for a Bachman book. [[spoiler:The siege of Dawes' home ends with Dawes blowing the place up [[DrivenToSuicide with him inside]], his defiance [[AllForNothing was completely useless]] and the epilogue twists the knife further by explaining that [[PointlessCivilProject [[PointlessCivicProject the roadwork was just something done to keep the city's budget at a certain level]], [[ShootTheShaggyDog making the whole situation mind-numbingly worthless]].]]
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* DownerEnding: Par for the course for a Bachman book.

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* DownerEnding: Par for the course for a Bachman book. [[spoiler:The siege of Dawes' home ends with Dawes blowing the place up [[DrivenToSuicide with him inside]], his defiance [[AllForNothing was completely useless]] and the epilogue twists the knife further by explaining that [[PointlessCivilProject the roadwork was just something done to keep the city's budget at a certain level]], [[ShootTheShaggyDog making the whole situation mind-numbingly worthless]].]]



* ShootTheShaggyDog: After all is said and done, the epilogue reveals that [[spoiler: there was no real reason for the extension project; the city was required to build a certain number of miles of road per year or start losing federal funding on future construction.]]

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* ShootTheShaggyDog: After all is said and done, the epilogue reveals that [[spoiler: there [[spoiler:there was no real reason for the extension project; the city was required to build a certain number of miles of road per year or start losing federal funding on future construction.]]

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