The four Bachman books published between 19 can be taken as alternating pairs. Dawes himself seems unaware of his actions, so when we catch up with him a few years later buying guns, we form our own conclusions about his intentions well before he does. We first meet the unnamed Barton George Dawes during a vox pop interview about a pending highway construction, and boy does he have some opinions about that. So when we enter the world of ROADWORK, we immediately get a sense of something lurking beneath the surface. Perhaps, as King explains in the second introduction to The Bachman Books, it’s because they were written with a “ low rage, sexual frustration, crazy good humor, and simmering despair.” You can sense the Stephen King motifs lingering in the background, but a Bachman novel feels instantly darker somehow. There’s a certain vibe to a Richard Bachman book. Welcome to the feature column that explores a decent number of Stephen King’s books in the order they were published! (More or less!) Fair warning: there will be spoilers ahead.
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