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From a Buick 8

By Stephen King

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| Hardcover | 9780743211376

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The state police of Troop D in rural Pennsylvania have kept a secret in Shed B out back of the barracks ever since 1979, when Troopers Ennis Rafferty and Curtis Wilcox answered a call from a gas station just down the road and came back with an abandoned Buick Roadmaster. Curt Wilcox knew old carsContinue

The state police of Troop D in rural Pennsylvania have kept a secret in Shed B out back of the barracks ever since 1979, when Troopers Ennis Rafferty and Curtis Wilcox answered a call from a gas station just down the road and came back with an abandoned Buick Roadmaster. Curt Wilcox knew old cars, and he knew immediately that this one was...wrong, just wrong. A few hours later, when Rafferty vanished, Wilcox and his fellow troopers knew the car was worse than dangerous -- and that it would be better if John Q. Public never found out about it.

Curt's avid curiosity taking the lead, they investigated as best they could, as much as they dared. Over the years the troop absorbed the mystery as part of the background to their work, the Buick 8 sitting out there like a still life painting that breathes -- inhaling a little bit of this world, exhaling a little bit of whatever world it came from.

In the fall of 2001, a few months after Curt Wilcox is killed in a gruesome auto accident, his 18-year-old boy Ned starts coming by the barracks, mowing the lawn, washing windows, shoveling snow. Sandy Dearborn, Sergeant Commanding, knows it's the boy's way of holding onto his father, and Ned is allowed to become part of the Troop D family. One day he looks in the window of Shed B and discovers the family secret. Like his father, Ned wants answers, and the secret begins to stir, not only in the minds and hearts of the veteran troopers who surround him, but in Shed B as well....

From a Buick 8 is a novel about our fascination with deadly things, about our insistence on answers when there are none, about terror and courage in the face of the unknowable.

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  • Review: From a Buick 8 by Stephen King

    Title: From A Buick 8 Author: Stephen King Publisher: New English Library Published: 2003 Price: 7.99 Shelf Copy Stephen King has written a lot of books and I’ve only delved shallowly into his deep well. For me the strength of Kings comes from the vo ... (read full critics)

    nextread published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

  • The Best Reviews: Stephen King, From a Buick 8

    "Strong Story" In 1970, a car stops at a gas station in the small western Pennsylvania town of Statler. The driver asks the attendant to fill up before he disappears in the vicinity of the bathroom. When the customer fails to return, the attendant ca ... (read full critics)

    thebestreviews published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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    From a Buick 8

    This probably would have worked better as a short story rather than a full sized novel, but overall it was a good, quick read that held my interest.

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    Readingrat said on Nov 20, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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    I've never been a huge King fan, since I like to multi-task when I read, and it's hard to snack while reading gory stories...but I did read Eye of the Dragon, and my boyfriend read this when it first came out, and loved it. As my library book intake is currently on hiatus, I finally picked this up. ... (continue)

    I've never been a huge King fan, since I like to multi-task when I read, and it's hard to snack while reading gory stories...but I did read Eye of the Dragon, and my boyfriend read this when it first came out, and loved it. As my library book intake is currently on hiatus, I finally picked this up. Definitely worth the read. You won't find many stories like this one around. It'll keep you on you toes right up til the end, and is 95% gruesome-free.

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    Jaemi K said on Aug 2, 2007 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Is there a meaning?

    At first it didn't impress me, and I kept reading it just because it was a King's novel (plus because I don't really like police stations), but after the first half it really grabbed my attention as what was emerging was a story about how absurd and meaningless is life; things (or shit) happen and y ... (continue)

    At first it didn't impress me, and I kept reading it just because it was a King's novel (plus because I don't really like police stations), but after the first half it really grabbed my attention as what was emerging was a story about how absurd and meaningless is life; things (or shit) happen and you just have to deal with instead of understanding them. All in all, not one of the best books King has written, nevertheless still above the average.

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    Gazakas said on Jan 16, 2012 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • It's late and I'm tired but here I go.

    The story is a pretty breezy read overall. Good characters & I like it pretty well.

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    Stubob72556 said on Sep 14, 2011 | Add your feedback

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