Last days book brian evenson6/11/2023 ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Brian Evenson is the author of over a dozen works of fiction. is a detective novel and a cult novel (in that it is about cults-though perhaps the other designation would work too) and a brutal horror novel and a fine work of minimalist literary fiction.” -LitHub ![]() Brian Evenson is the kind of writer who should be rediscovered by every generation.” -Vol. This is Evensons singular, Poe-like gift. Nominated for the Shirley Jackson award and winner of the ALA/RUSA Best Horror novel, Brian Evensons Last Days is an intense, profoundly unsettling. “ is a novel that must be read by fans of mysteries, noir, and horror if they want to have an idea of what those genres can be. 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 York ![]() Every time you think you have the world figured, trust me, that’s just when the world’s got you figured and is about to spring and break your back. "The deceptively simple prose keeps the book brisk and even gripping as its puzzles grow more craggy and complex. They drove, the city slowly dissolving around them and breaking up into fields and trees. ![]() ![]() Nothing is real, so everything is real.” -VICE “The clinical tone with which Evenson is able to traverse such situations, and the strange stark architecture of their world, makes even the most insidious or repulsive situations seem plausible, mathematical, nearby. ![]()
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