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"It came to him that one of the surest signs of insanity was a man all alone, laughing in the middle of silence, on an empty street filled with empty houses."

I think that sentence pretty much sums up this book very well..it's about a man who never healed properly from the death of his young son and he is slowly falling apart. Then when other outside stresses are put on him, like the city wanting to tear down his house for the extension of a highway, he slowly sinks into madness.. reading this book was like watching a car accident happen in slow motion. You know the big wreck is coming and there's nothing you can do about it. It's going to happen..

This story is also sad in a way. The stuff George (or Fred as he seems to call himself) goes through. He's spiraling down into dark feelings and he just let's it happen. He's very self destructive. The things he should do, he just puts off until it's too late. Half the time I don't think he actually knows what he's doing or even why. It's very sad..I kinda had a feeling how it was going to end.

The story is not so much about the road construction but about George's life, about how it is falling apart. It's very well written and the pages just flew by as I read it. I'm actually surprised I enjoyed this book so much. It's been years since I read a full length novel from Stephen King (although I do really enjoy his short stories and novellas).

I would read this one again.