by Stephen King
First published 1991
In a Midwestern city, a grieving man's home and workplace face demolition for a highway expansion. Driven to instability, he acquires heavy weaponry and decides to take a violent, public stand against the officials who threaten to destroy his life's work and everything he loves. At his core, he is a decent, hardworking family man who feels profoundly wronged. But as his world crumbles, he resorts to desperate measures to make his plight impossible to ignore.
Genres: fiction, american-fiction, crime, contemporary, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: decent-hardworking-family-man, driven-to-instability, feels-profoundly-wronged
Setting: United States
Period: 1972, 1973, 1974
409 pages · Paperback · Scribner
Content warnings: violence