As a fan of Mr. King’s writing, I have followed his work for six years (and counting). If you have read any of his work, you understand why most of his books are in the ‘grown-up’ section of the library. From the language to the graphic descriptions of illness and violence that seem to find their way into every novel, the novels do not belong in the hands of small children.”From a Buick 8″ may not be his newest work, or his best, but it is worth reading. The book is about a Buick Roadmaster that sits in a shed behind a police station.
This is no ordinary car. Trooper Curt Wilcox confiscated this vehicle from a gas station, abandoned by a peculiar man who has disappeared after parking by a pump. This car has an oversized steering wheel and no motor. They store the Roadmaster in Shed B, around and in which strange lights sometimes appear, and the temperature, even in scorching summer, drops thirty odd degrees.
Trooper Wilcox is enthralled by the vehicle. He is almost obsessed with it until his tragic demise at the hands of a drunk driver about twenty years later. His son, Ned, is interested in the car and its story.
Most of the book is the relaying of the bits and pieces of the car’s story to Ned. The car has made objects disappear from Shed B after its lightshows, including an officer of the law. It has also yielded a strange creature out of the trunk.
The mystery of the Buick 8 is yours to unwind in King’s novel, which is a must-read for fans and a recommendation of mine to anyone who is literate.