First edition hardcover.
From a Buick 8 is the 48th book published by Stephen King; it was his 38th novel, and the 32nd under his own name. The book was released by Scribner on 24 September 2002.
Summary[]
The novel is a series of recollections by the members of Troop D, a police barracks in Western Pennsylvania. 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. It is in some sense a ghost story in the way that the novel is about a group of people telling an old but unsettling tale about a Buick Roadmaster. And while the Buick 8 is not a traditional ghost, it is indeed not of their world.
Trivia[]
- Troop D is actually a state police force in Butler, PA. Some others in the area are Troop A in Greensburg, Troop B in Washington, and Troop C in Punxsutawney.