From a Buick 8 is an audiobook about our fascination with deadly things, about our insistence on answers when there are none, about terror and courage in the face of the unknowable. Curtis Wilcox's friends and colleagues take turns relating the twenty-year history of the mysterious Buick Roadmaster locked in Shed B and how its discovery and unexplained behavior has captivated the tightly knit group of men for two decades.
From a Buick 8 is a novel about our fascination with deadly things, about our insistence on answers when there are none, about terror and courage in the face of the unknowable. Police Communications Officer with Pennsylvania State Police Troop D. Pennsylvania State police corporal with Troop D. Maiden name of Edith Hyams. It is later suggested in the book that perhaps the Buick was a portal, between our world and another. The troopers begin telling Ned about the "Buick 8". A few hours later, when Rafferty vanished, Wilcox and his fellow troopers knew the car was worse than dangerous. The Buick seems to be a conduit to another reality and every now and then it breathes, inhaling a little bit of this world, exhaling a little bit of whatever world it came from. Custodian at the Pennsylvania State Police Troop D barracks, Owner of the Jenny Station on SR32 in 1979 when the Buick appeared there, There was a football field named after him, Pennsylvania State trooper in Troop D in 1979. Curt's avid curiosity taking the lead, they investigated as best they could, as much as they dared. From the children's show Rocky and Bullwinkle, Pig dissected in biology classes by Curtis Wilcox. And while the Buick 8 is not a traditional ghost, it is indeed not of their world. The Buick 8 resembles a vintage 1953 Buick Roadmaster, and was left at a gas station by a mysterious man dressed in black, who disappeared soon after leaving the car to be refueled.

Shortly after his father, a Pennsylvania state trooper, is killed in a senseless automobile accident, Ned Wilcox discovers that the members of Troop D have a secret concealed behind their headquarters. After Curtis Wilcox, a well-liked member of Troop D, is killed by a drunk driver, his son Ned begins to visit Troop D. The cops, the dispatcher and the custodian quickly take a liking to him, and soon begin telling him about the "Buick 8" of the title. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat.

Possibly a Pennsylvania State trooper in Troop D, Brother of Buck Flanders. He sees Lippy's Swastika necklace and cowboy boot, along with Ennis's Ruger. A few hours later, when Rafferty vanished, Wilcox and his fellow troopers knew the car was worse than dangerous -- and that it would be better if John Q. Partner of Curtis Wilcox in 1979 when the Buick arrived. Came from the trunk of the Buick in 1991. Like his father, Ned wants answers, and the secret begins to stir, not only in the minds and hearts of the veteran troopers who surround him, but in Shed B as well.... From a Buick 8 is a novel about our fascination with deadly things, about our insistence on answers when there are none, about terror and courage in the face of the unknowable. Ajouter au panier. Pennsylvania State trooper with Troop D for 20 years before he was killed in the line of duty July 2001. Sandy Dearborn, Sergeant Commanding, knows it's the boy's way of holding onto his father, and Ned is allowed to become part of the Troop D family.

Sprained his knee falling from the swing at Redfern Stream. Car that arrived at the Jenny Station on SR32 in 1979. Troop D found marijuana plants in his back field, Worked at the Jenny Station on SR32 in July 1979 when the Buick arrived there. In the fall of 2001, a few months after Curt Wilcox is killed in a gruesome auto accident, his 18-year-old boy Ned starts coming by the barracks, mowing the lawn, washing windows, shoveling snow. Two people have disappeared in the vicinity of the car—Curtis Wilcox's former partner Ennis Rafferty, and an escaped lowlife named Brian Lippy they picked up for drunk driving and being under the influence of angel dust. Curt Wilcox knew old cars, and he knew immediately that this one was...wrong, just wrong.

Type Roman; Format Poche; Editeur Hodder & Stoughton Libri; Parution 01/03/2003; En stock vendeur partenaire.

Pennsylvania State trooper in Troop D in 1979. In the fall of 2001, a few months after Curt Wilcox is killed in a gruesome auto accident, his eightee-year-old boy, Ned, starts coming by the barracks. The Buick seems to be a conduit to another reality and every now and then it breathes, inhaling a little bit of this world, exhaling a little bit of whatever world it came from. The car is later held by the Troop D police of rural Pennsylvania in storage shed B. Worked for the County Parks & Recreation. Wife of Curtis Wilcox and mother of Ned, Joan and Janet Wilcox. Curtis Wilcox's friends and colleagues take turns relating the twenty-year history of the mysterious Buick Roadmaster locked… Twin sister of Janet Wilcox. Ned believes that the Buick will one day fall apart, having expended the last of its energy in that final attempt to draw him over to the other universe. Singer who played at The Country Way in 1979, Father of Ned, Joan and Janet Wilcox, and Husband of Michelle Wilcox.

The car will frequently give off what they dub "lightquakes," or large flashes of purple light over an extended period of time, and will occasionally "give birth" to strange plants and creatures that aren't anything like what they've seen in their world. Daughter of Curtis and Michelle Wilcox. Twin sister of Joan Wilcox. Pennsylvania State Police Troop D Sergeant Commanding before Sander Dearborn. Sandy Dearborn, Sergeant Commanding, knows it's the boy's way of holding onto his father, and Ned is allowed to become part of the Troop D family. © Copyright © 2000 - 2020 Stephen King - All Rights Reserved. Sandy returns to the shed to find Ned sitting in it, Ned having poured gasoline under the car and holding a pistol and a match. James Rebhorn, Bruce Davison, Becky Ann Baker, Peter Gerety, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Fred Sanders. From a Buick 8 - Stephen King Shortly after his father, a Pennsylvania state trooper, is killed in a senseless automobile accident, Ned Wilcox discovers that the members of Troop D have a secret concealed behind their headquarters. Over the years, the troop absorbed the mystery as part of the background to their work, the Buick 8 sitting out there like a still-life painting that breathes -- inhaling a little bit of this world, exhaling a little bit of what world it came from. The car is later held by the Troop D police of rural Pennsylvania in storage shed B. STEPHEN KING – FROM A BUICK 8 - 2002 This book is about a car as is written on the cover, but in fact, it is not about a car at all, since it is not a car, though we do not know what it is and we will never know anyway. Sister of Ennis Rafferty. Retired US Army UFO Expert whose article was in Inside View magazine. After hearing the story of the Buick and how it has been kept secret by Troop D for so long, Ned becomes convinced that the car was somehow related to the death of his father in a seemingly random road accident.

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