Last days is the first printed shot out of the gate for underland press, the publisher best known until now for hosting chooseyourownadventurestyle novels by kealan patrick burke and jemiah jefferson on its website. Brian evenson author peter straub author of introduction, etc. Last days is a 2009 mysteryhorror novel by brian evenson, first published by underland press. Last days kindle edition by evenson, brian, straub. Brian evenson on his new story collection, writing.
The story follows kline, a brutally dismembered detective forcibly recruited to solve a murder inside the cult. With evenson s book, underland has shown that its eye for talent is a strong one. After reading it, i can guarantee you i will be picking up more by this author. Intense and profoundly unsettling, brian evenson s last days is a downtherabbithole detective novel set in an underground religious cult. Last days book by brian evenson 6 available editions. Download read last days 2009 by brian evenson in pdf. Last days is perhaps brian evenson s most celebrated novel and it isnt cosmic horror at all. Evenson makes frequent use of dark humor and often. The story follows a detective kidnapped by a religious cult who believe amputations bring one closer to god. Evenson s writing has been described as dark, violent, philosophical, critical, and lyrical. His fiction is often described as literary minimalism, but also draws inspiration from horror, weird fiction, detective fiction, science fiction and continental philosophy. I just downloaded that sample the other day when looking for brian evensons book haha it confused me for a minute but i had just read the ritual by neville so it. Figuring out what amputationish painting would be appropriate here was an interesting, in not rewarding, exercise.
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Windeye coffee house press 2012 and the novel immobility tor 2012, the latter two of. Last days won the american library associations award. Kline is a former detective whos cool head in the face of a brutal amputation makes him the perfect candidate to infiltrate a dark cult that believes. Intense and profoundly unsettling, brian evensons last days is a downthe rabbithole detective novel set in an underground religious cult. Last days pdf book by adam nevill read online or free download in epub, pdf or mobi ebooks. Brian evenson born august 12, 1966 is an american academic and writer of both literary fiction and popular fiction, some of the latter being published under b. Read last days by brian evenson,peter straub with a free trial. Song for the unraveling of the world by brian evenson pdf. It is nonetheless one of the most enjoyable things ive read all year.
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