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Title: Night in the Lonesome October by Richard Laymon ISBN: 0-8439-5046-3 Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: September, 2002 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.12 (25 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The Freaks Come Out At Night....
Comment: Anyone who has ever gone out in the middle of the night will agree that even the most commonplace things seem different then; Familiar streets look oddly empty, strange sounds are heard, and seeing someone walking towards you in the dark is cause for alarm, even on the supposedly "Safe" streets of your own neighborhood....
The late Richard Laymon uses this premise to great effect in Night in the Lonesome October, one of the last books he wrote before his untimely death. The story centers on Ed Logan, a College student who has just been dumped by his girlfriend Holly. The heartbroken Ed, unable to sleep, decides to take a middle-of-the-night trek to a 24-hour donut shop on the outskirts of his sleepy college town, and soon finds his life changed forever. Ed starts spying on an attractive young girl he sees sneaking around on that first night, and soon becomes obsessed with finding out who she is. Despite becoming close to his ex's best friend Elaine, he continues to make his nightly journey in search of the elusive mystery girl, but discovers in short order that pretty young girls aren't the only ones out cruising the October nights...
Filled with rape, murder, cannibalism, sadistic torture, kidnapping, voyeurism, etc., Night in the Lonesome October is not for everybody; It's grade-B entertainment, but well-done grade-B entertainment. Laymon was clearly a very talented author. His writing style is clear and concise, and I often found it very difficult to put the book down. There were times when I found myself very afraid for Ed and his companions, especially the scene in the donut shop where Ed encounters Randy for the first time.This is only my third exposure to Laymon, and I'm so impressed with his work that I've bought almost all of his books. On the downside, it seems like every female character Laymon writes is doomed to be raped repeatedly and gruesomely, and it gets old fast. I also thought the last page was a little too pat, and seemed more like a teen-ager's wish fulfillment than a truly realistic ending. Overall, though, Night in the Lonesome October is worth a look to Horror/Suspense fans. You'll never look at a bridge the same way again.....
Rating: 5
Summary: very odd novel
Comment: The story in this book is very odd, its not typically gory and suspensful like Richard Laymons other novels but still I could not put it down. Its the kind of book you read to find out what happens next to the main character. Its an easy read and requires little effort to finish.
I really enjoyed it!
Rating: 5
Summary: A Walk After Dark
Comment: Edward Logan, successful English Major and dedicated boyfriend, finds himself facing serious changes on a lonesome October night when he receives a note from his girlfriend, Holly, telling him that she's in love with someone else. Not knowing how to deal with that nor with the fact that the man she's seeing is named Jay (of all things!), he sets off in distress to simply walk and think and to commiserate his suffering while sulking beneath the shadowy veil of night. Well, when he begins wandering the night that first time, he finds himself introduced to a world he's never seen before, one that is brimming with wonders both beautiful and dangerous, and before he knows it he wants to see more and more of what's out there. Addiction, however, comes with costs and he finds himself confronted with dilemmas that assail him in his both his day life and this newly opening door within the darkness, sometimes with only frustrations but, from time to time, with the press of fear and teeth.
The late, great Richard Laymon constructed tales of many types in his career, inspiring readers such as myself with his ability to not only craft dread into the world of literature but also to evoke haunting images that bump around in the gloomy night. With a talent that defies many writers of our time, he could take something seemingly mundane that everyone can relate to, the act of being dumped and longing, and craft it into an introduction to a dark and mysterious world where beasts and the occasion beauty lurk. While this piece isn't exact what I would call a standard Laymon centerfold and sometimes too many oddities happen in too short of a timeslot and make both the reader and the character wonder what sort of a town this could be, it does have many qualities within it that I find enlightening. The main character, Edward, is developed throughout the story, with all of coming from his point-of-view as the world becomes darker and darker, and the feelings he feels becoming more and more clouded and uncertain. What sometimes begins as an uncrossable line is questioned and then sullied, and Edward finds himself more and more addicted to the strange world that he seems looming just outside of normality's reach. In it, love lurks where love shouldn't and the shadows cough up figures basking in insanity, and the world becomes a battlefield for senses spinning out of control. Here, he finds himself with more than he bargained for and all because Holly, the woman that he loved, walked away from him and left him wandering alone.
Personally, I found the book to be a good read but I can understand how some people would find it a questionable experience and am hesitant to recommend it above other Laymon pieces. The point of this experience wasn't really to create a picture of suffering or horror, but to create an atmosphere in which the world becomes a shadowy pit and sensations fight for domination. This made the life of Edward addictive to me because it seemed like things would go spiraling through twining turns I didn't expect, with Edward causing many of them himself and me wanting to know how this seeming tragedy-in-the-making would turn out. That's what I like from a book, not knowing where the chips will fall when they are cast, and that overrides many of the small details that make many readers trivialize the experience. It does have a few moments in the end that seemed a little drawn out, though, and it is something that is more moody than anything else. So, caution is perhaps something that should be taken before jumping in head first.
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Title: Darkness, Tell Us by Richard Laymon ISBN: 0843950471 Publisher: Dorchester Pub Co Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Island by Richard Laymon, Dean R. Koontz ISBN: 0843949783 Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: No Sanctuary by Richard Laymon ISBN: 0843951036 Publisher: Dorchester Pub Co Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: In the Dark by Richard Laymon, Dean R. Koontz ISBN: 0843949163 Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: One Rainy Night by Richard Laymon ISBN: 0843946903 Publisher: Dorchester Pub Co Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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