This was in the kindle book containing three Richard Bachman (Stephen King’s early pen name) novels and this was my least favourite of the three (the others being The Long Walk and The Running Man).
It follows Barton Dawes, who takes on a personal crusade to stop the development of a new road through his housing development. He refuses to sell his house to the developers or take the compensation and offer of a new house elsewhere (without telling his wife) and things really go downhill from there. His obsession against the new road takes over his life and spirals out of control with tragic consequences.
I was quite compelling reading (like rubbernecking the scene of a car crash) but, like I said, not my favourite.
Sarah Wray Writer 