Audiobook Roadwork by Richard Bachman in the ListenBook app
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Book description
Barton Dawes' world doesn't crumble-it gets paved over. One moment, he's a quiet man with a steady job and a home; the next, highway construction tears it all away. That's the raw, gut-punch start to Richard Bachman's Roadwork, now brilliantly realized as an audiobook. You don't just read about Dawes' unraveling; you hear it in the narrator's steady, increasingly strained voice as he fights a faceless bureaucracy that treats his life like roadkill.
The brilliance here is how the audiobook amplifies the isolation. You're not just hearing a story-you're sitting in Dawes' empty house, hearing the silence where his wife's voice used to be, the way his frustration tightens in his throat when he's dismissed by officials. The narrator never overplays it; he lets the quiet desperation speak for itself. You'll find yourself holding your breath during those tense phone calls with the city, hearing the polite indifference that slowly erodes a man's sanity.
What makes this so haunting isn't the big dramatic moments-it's the small, devastating details. The way Dawes tries to rebuild his life with a new job, only to realize he's just another cog in the machine he's fighting. The way his friends drift away, not out of malice, but because they can't bear to watch him chase ghosts. Bachman (writing as King) doesn't give us a hero; he gives us a man who's so utterly human in his stubborn refusal to surrender that you can't help but root for him-even as you see where this path leads.
The audiobook's pacing is perfect. It doesn't rush the slow burn of Dawes' descent, letting each small defeat sink in. You hear the weariness in his voice when he says, "I just want my life back," and you know it's already gone. There's no grand redemption here-just the quiet tragedy of a man who refused to accept that progress doesn't care about the people it flattens.
This isn't a story about winning. It's about the cost of trying to hold on. And in the audiobook format, that cost lands with unbearable weight. You don't just understand Dawes' fight-you feel it in your bones, as if the highway construction is happening in your own backyard. It's a masterclass in understated storytelling, made all the more powerful by a performance that never needs to shout. You'll finish this listening and wonder how many quiet battles are happening right outside your door, and whether you'd have the courage to fight them alone. Roadwork isn't just a book-it's a reminder of what we lose when we let the road take over. And that's a lesson worth hearing.
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