The Boy in the Earth

"Hey Tim," I say to myself. "You've been reading a lot of horror recently. Maybe you should read something else for a bit." "Well Self," I reply to myself as it would be rude of me to not answer. "You may be right. What should I read?" "How about some Nakamura? You discovered him last year and pretty......more

Wow, this really was the darkest of noir and yet utterly compelling and not without hope (I think!) The protagonist is a Tokyo taxi driver with seemingly self destructive tendencies. The book opens with him throwing a cigarette butt into a group of bikers who then proceed to beat him to a pulp, and t......more

Wow. No question five star read. Super super dark noir tale. I have no words. Well, I actually have a lot of words but the review hasn't been published yet so just wanted to give it a quick signal boost in the meantime. Brilliant author, brilliant book. Read it!......more

While I have a higher tolerance than most so-called for “dark” books that are unsettling and even disturbing, I am not a huge fan of noir fiction – characterized by cynicism and fatalism. I suppose that’s because noir fiction usually pre-supposes that the world is filled with justifiable heavy dread......more

"The Boy In The Earth", told mainly through internal dialogue with a touch of noir, is a powerful novel on childhood abuse and trying to survive the aftermath. Lonely and isolated, even though he is in a relationship, the protagonist puts himself in dangerous situations and contemplates suicide. Onl......more