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In some ways, The Nightrunners is a departure for Joe Lansdale, if only for the fact that it seems to be classifiable in a single genre fairly easily. Lansdale's books almost always defy categorization, from the weird blending of horror, sci-fi, and thriller that was The Drive In to the comedic noir of the Hap and Leonard series, so The Nightrunners' horror tale seems atypical. But even within the standard beats of the horror novel, Lansdale's doing something that makes it stand out from the crowd. What at first glance seems like the tale of an innocent couple being pursued by a vengeful ghost becomes something far darker and more complex as Lansdale burrows into the twisted psyche of the attackers and finds the twisted humanity within them. Blending Nietzsche's idea of a superman with the utterly amoral worldview of a sociopath and mixing in something that's not quite supernatural but not quite explainable, Lansdale creates something unique and wholly unsettling, and that goes for the book as a whole. Characters you assume to be heroes may not survive; secondary characters who seem like an afterthought end up becoming key to the entire thing. And just when the book seems to commit to one explanation for its horrors, it hints at something far different, leaving you constantly in the dark about what's going on. And what is going on is an absolutely spectacular horror tale, a nightmarish blend of Straw Dogs and The Shining that's as much about the inner darkness of its characters as it ever is the horrors on display. It's an unflinching look at our innermost impulses, and while it doesn't find much hope there, it still tells one hell of a story along the way.


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The Nightrunners Joe R Lansdale 9780786702893 Books Reviews

Great story, I loved this book.
Loved this
Another terrific tale in a very long line of winners by Joe Lansdale. Loved it.
Landsdale never wrote a book I didn't like.
As so often with Lansdale I loved this book too. I've been a fan since reading that Stephen King was a fan but I find Lansdale as even more akin to my likes than King is. Direct, creative and no B.S. here, just story, story, story.
I read this years ago and still love it now. Lansdale is one of my biggest influences and I read pretty much anything I can get my hands on. This is a terrifying and very disturbing book. The first time I read it I was in a very, very dark place. By the time I finished it, all wasn't right with the world, but it sucked a lot less. I allowed myself to fight the bad guys and BE the bad guys, and this combination helped me get a little balance. I've read it twice since and it is still just as disturbing, but so very good.

Lansdale is a skilled master, one of the best we have. If you like your fiction hardcore then you need to give this one a read. I'd give it more stars but I'm only allowed five.
Originally published as "Night of the Goblins" by Lansdale in 1982, "The Nightrunner" (better title BTW) is different than other Lansdale books I've read. But I guess that's true about most of his books - he doesn't write the same old thing.

We have Montgomery Buford Jones, Jr. and his wife, Becky, heading away to a friend's cabin to try to forget the awful happenings of Becky being sadistically raped. Doesn't work as well as hoped because the rapist's gang wants to complete the job and follows them. Monty has to decide if he's going to stay the pacifist he has always been and believed he should be, or whether he's going to man up and protect his wife.

This is a very brutal, violent book. But then Lansdale's books aren't known for being "G" rated. It is scary; the bad guys are really, really bad. There is some of the supernatural thrown in. Does evil really exist in this world? Lansdale is a great writer and while I think The Bottoms and A Fine Dark Line are his masterpieces, this older book of his is well worth reading. Just know you've been forewarned.

Oh, and Dean Koontz did a great introduction for the book.
In some ways, The Nightrunners is a departure for Joe Lansdale, if only for the fact that it seems to be classifiable in a single genre fairly easily. Lansdale's books almost always defy categorization, from the weird blending of horror, sci-fi, and thriller that was The Drive In to the comedic noir of the Hap and Leonard series, so The Nightrunners' horror tale seems atypical. But even within the standard beats of the horror novel, Lansdale's doing something that makes it stand out from the crowd. What at first glance seems like the tale of an innocent couple being pursued by a vengeful ghost becomes something far darker and more complex as Lansdale burrows into the twisted psyche of the attackers and finds the twisted humanity within them. Blending Nietzsche's idea of a superman with the utterly amoral worldview of a sociopath and mixing in something that's not quite supernatural but not quite explainable, Lansdale creates something unique and wholly unsettling, and that goes for the book as a whole. Characters you assume to be heroes may not survive; secondary characters who seem like an afterthought end up becoming key to the entire thing. And just when the book seems to commit to one explanation for its horrors, it hints at something far different, leaving you constantly in the dark about what's going on. And what is going on is an absolutely spectacular horror tale, a nightmarish blend of Straw Dogs and The Shining that's as much about the inner darkness of its characters as it ever is the horrors on display. It's an unflinching look at our innermost impulses, and while it doesn't find much hope there, it still tells one hell of a story along the way.