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Becky got raped. Her husband Monty has the "lack of balls blues." Bad dude Brian blames Becky for the death of his closest friend. When Becky and Monty drive north from Galveston into the piney woods of East Texas, and hole up in a cabin to recover, Brian and his compadres make a date for revenge. Then the God of the Razor shows up. A brilliant, hypercharged horror novel with sex, violence, a black '66 Chevy and a plastic Jesus with a lightbulb inside.

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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. Original.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely scary. Extremely disturbing and very violent, Dec 17 2000

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Tim Lieder "Founder of Dybbuk Press" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Nightrunners (Paperback)

I got into Joe Landsdale through his comic book work and I thank G-d that he took those jobs because it lead me to this twisted nasty little edge of Hell. A nice liberal couple comes face to face with hell when the wife is raped and the husband must confront his notions about human goodness head-on and ponder whether or not he is a coward instead of a pacifist. Meanwhile the rapist, hanging in his cell, isn't completely dead as his compatriots are alive and well and one of them is possessed. The car is racing towards them ready for more death. This book brings you face to face with pure evil.

There are rough portions. The teenagers are just nasty and evil, while you can see the husband's transformation from weakling to ravenous fighter coming a mile away. But this is an amazing book on its own merits and shouldn't be read if you are expecting a deep philosophical treatise on human nature. It's just fast, evil and damn good.

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5.0 out of 5 stars the suspense doesn't end when the book ends.., Oct 22 1997

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minttu@usa.net (HELLsinki, finland) - See all my reviews

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this book truly made me live all the events in it, all the thoughts, all the horror. once i started to read it i just couldn't stop, i did try.. it usually takes about half a year for me to read a book but this took only a day. the story is so captivating, to get into the minds of all the characters. i just want to read it again and again, live it once more. in the middle of the night when i finished the book i could swear i saw a wooden doll sitting close to me in a blood red chair staring to nothingness ready to break the silence.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A blast from a true master of the game..., Aug 16 1997

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almaric@usa.net (Dayton, oh) - See all my reviews

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How would one describe the plot? In Hollywood terms its "Strawdogs meets The Evil Dead." I think this is Lansdale's last CONVENTIONAL horror novel to date, but man if it doesn't hold up. As always his prose is blistering and white hot. This if one man who DESERVES to have his works made into films. Read this one and you'll know why.

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5.0 out of 5 stars 5 years till a movie....
Like all of Lansdale's stories, this one is a tour of the off beat crash course known as America. Lansdale's language is very human, without the hidden baricades that many writers... Read more

Published on July 14 1997

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a very scary, very good book.
WARNING: This book is very scary, and very very good. Read it in the daytime, with the lights on, and as many locks on the door as possible. Read more

Published on Feb 4 1997