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7 de sept. de 2012 · In “Killer on the Road: Violence and the American Interstate,” Strand, the author of “Inventing Niagara,” draws startling parallels between the inexorable advance of the Interstate...
Plot summary. Martin Plunkett is a child genius who comes from a broken home: His father is a hustler and his mother is a promiscuous substance abuser. After his parents divorce, Martin takes solace in a series of disturbing fantasies in which he re-assembles his classmates' body parts.
4 de abr. de 2012 · Killer on the Road: Violence and the American Interstate. Ginger Strand. 3.76. 416 ratings68 reviews. Starting in the 1950s, Americans eagerly built the planet’s largest public the 42,795-mile National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. Before the concrete was dry on the new roads, however, a specter began haunting them—the highway killer.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Killer on the Road is a crime novel by American author James Ellroy. First published in 1986, it is a non-series book between the Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy and the L.A. Quartet.
Detailed plot synopsis reviews of Killer on the Road. Growing up in Los Angeles in the 1950s and 1960s, orphaned Martin Plunkett perfects his skills at burglary and voyeurism (and also has a brush with Manson's "family") before doing a year in prison for breaking and entering.
As he maneuvers deftly through a seamy world of drugs, flesh, and perversions, the media will call him many things -- but Martin Plunkett's real name is Death. His brilliant, twisted mind is a horriying place to explore. His madness reflects a nation's own. The killer is on the road.
A farmhouse with an abundantly stocked underground bomb shelter provides a refuge when most needed. The wreck of a sailboat provides a first-aid kit and a flare gun that save the father’s life. Encounters on the road test the father’s and son’s mettle and shape their character.
