The Nightrunners, Joe R. Lansdale
The Nightrunners, Joe R. Lansdale
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The Nightrunners

Author: Joe R. Lansdale

Narrator: Brad Sanders

Unabridged: 6 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/24/2023


Synopsis

In the field of country noir—the dark side of rural and small-town America—Lansdale staked his claim to East Texas with The Nightrunners. A '66 Chevy bears down on the countryside, with a carful of vicious teenagers and evil of Biblical proportions, in this terrifying morality tale of sex and violence.

Contains mature themes.

About Joe R. Lansdale

Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over thirty novels and numerous short stories. His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and Internet sites. His work has been collected in eighteen short-story collections, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies.

Lansdale has received the Edgar Award, eight Bram Stoker Awards, the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Grinzani Cavour Prize for Literature, the Herodotus Historical Fiction Award, the Inkpot Award for Contributions to Science Fiction and Fantasy, and many others.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Evans on February 25, 2021

This book did not disappoint. I'm not sure exactly where The Nightrunners lies in Lansdale's chronology, but that it is one of his earlier works is a frequently-mentioned fact. Although somewhat uneven in style and tone (especially through the middle section), this book is written with such a hunger......more

Goodreads review by Howard on April 25, 2024

4 Stars for The Nightrunners (audiobook) by Joe R. Lansdale read by Brad Sanders. This is a rather brutal story. After reading several of the author’s books I’m still surprised by the dark and disturbing places he is willing to go.......more

Goodreads review by Peter on June 09, 2018

One of the most explicit and brutal books I ever came across. It's about a group of evil rapists doing mischief in a small town. The content of the book is disgusting, you really hope for the evildoers to find a hard and cruel ending. Well written, fast paced, absolute plausible language for the cha......more

Goodreads review by Quentin on August 26, 2015

What a ride! I've been a Lansdale fan for years, mostly due to his weird western work. This is a not a weird western, but I was blown away by it. This is almost like a supernatural version of the book (and movie) Straw Dogs. You have this group of teens, (the leader possessed by an evil entity), ter......more

Goodreads review by paper0r0ss0 on August 28, 2021

Questo e' Lansdale!!! Diretto, crudele, violento e ironicamente compiaciuto. Nessuno spazio per il politicamente corretto e per il perbenismo. Come sempre scritto molto bene, anche senza una particolare originalita', il risultato e' un thriller da leggere d'un fiato.......more