My Review of Stephen King's "From A Buick 8"
"From A Buick 8" was one of the first books I read by Mr. King after many years of taking a pass on his work. His novel "Misery" had gone to places I found too intense and terrifying because the only monster in that piece had been human. There were no safety-barriers of the supernatural involved, just madness, obsession and torture. Yet something about this novel beckoned and I plunged into his world once more and I'm glad it did. The story covers a 25 year period in the lives of a group of state troopers who act as 'guardians' over a strange Buick Roadster abandoned at a gas station back in 1979 by a mysterious 'man in black' who wandered off and was never seen again. The vehicle seems to be like any other car... or so you would think at first glance. Then you'd notice little things like how the overall look of the vehicle seems normal, but then you notice little touches that don't quite add up. For one thing there's no ...