"Roadwork was first published in a Signet edition under the name Richard Bachman, and later appeared in NAL harcover and Plume trade paperback omnibus editions titled The Bachman books under the name Stephen King. "The importance of being Bachman" appeared in slightly different form in the 1996 Plume edition of The Bachman books."--T.p. verso.

Originally written under the Richard Bachman pseudonym, this novel has been repackaged under King's name. In this gritty narrative, a lone man takes on the wheels of progress in a showdown of cataclysmic proportions. When a highway project puts him out of work and threatens to destroy his home, he has more than enough time on his hands to plot his revenge. One of the four original Richard Bachman books, this title includes the Introduction "The Importance of Being Bachman."