Last Days

Name: Last Days
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)
Author: Brian Evenson
ISBN: 9781441870735

Author: Brian Evenson

Narrator: Chris Patton

Unabridged: 5 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 09/20/2010

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

"The deceptively simple prose keeps the book brisk and even gripping as its puzzles grow more craggy and complex. This is Evenson's singular, Poe-like gift: He writes with intelligence and a steady hand, even when his characters decide to lop their own limbs off."—Time Out New YorkWhen Kline is kidnapped by a dark sect that believes amputation brings you closer to God, he's tasked with uncovering who murdered their leader. Will he uncover the truth in time to save himself, take on the mantle of prophet, or destroy all he sees with a rain of biblical violence?

About Brian Evenson

Brian Evenson is the chair of the MFA program at Brown. He is the author of The Open Curtain, Altman's Tongue, and Fugue State, among others. His work has won the American Library Best Horror Novel award, and has been nominated for an International Horror Award. He is known for intelligent, sharp prose that takes what we know of the world and turns it upside down.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tim on February 28, 2021

"How do you know the moment when you cease to be human? (view spoiler)[Is it the moment when you decide to carry a head before you by its hair, extended before you like a lantern, as if you are Diogenes in search of just one man?" (hide spoiler)] Oh boy... where do I begin with this one? Last Days is a horror noir, and avery pecu......more

Goodreads review by Maciek on March 08, 2012

I blasted through this book in a two days, starting deep into the night and finishing just minutes ago. I would have finished it during the night but I had to go to sleep. This has turned out totally against what I was expecting - a mediocre mystery thriller - and became something different entirely......more

Goodreads review by Ɗẳɳ 2.☊ on June 18, 2021

Been searching for a joyful, heartwarming story to get you into the holiday spirit? Boy, have I got the book just for you! Actually, heartwarming may not be the best way to describe it. How bout gut-churning, bone-chilling, nerve-racking, gruesome little slice of horror noir? Yeah, that’s more like......more