Aug 01, 2019 jon bassoff was born in 1974 in new york city and currently lives with his family in a ghost town somewhere in colorado. Bassoffs offering is set in 1953 and uses a real character with a sordid legacy, dr. The incurables by jon bassoff january 5, 2016 leave a comment title. In the early 1950s, after decades of treating patients and pioneering the transorbital lobotomy, aka the icepick lobotomy, dr. Jon bassoffs the incurables practically bleeds off the page with a dark poetry so intense, that you can still feel it after your eyes are closed. There were a few moments where he narrated the voice of scents mother baby that made me cringe, though. The only redeemable character seems to be the preachers son, durango, whose father has mostly destroyed any chance of happiness in his humiliating life. Factory town is the novel kafka would have written had he lived longer. Walter continue reading the incurables jon bassoff. Mais cest sa propre sante mentale qui sera mise a rude. Nov 19, 2015 jon bassoff is wellknown in the crime fictionnoir community, both as the founder of publisher new pulp press, as well as being the author of disturbing, thoughtprovoking, critically acclaimed noir. The incurables is a horror story about depraved people. Born in new york city, jon bassoff is a selfdescribed gothicnoir writer living with his family in colorado where he also teaches high school english.
Shortly after her brother, stormy, is convicted of murder, seventeenyearold lizzy greiner is found dead in an abandoned mountain shack, the result of an apparent suicide by fire. It was a book a lot of people hated, but it got me on that style where things move from one place to another, or characters become other characters. The blade this time is classic bassoff, whom i happen to. Tom sizemore to play lobotomy inventor walter jackson freeman.
Factory town ebook by jon bassoff 1230002019437 rakuten. His mountain gothic novel, corrosion, was called startlingly original and unsettling by tom piccirilli, a fourtime winner of the bram stoker award, and won the darkfuse readers choice award for best novel. Bassoff says a major influence for taking that approach was the unconsoled by kazuo ishiguro. Tom sizemore to play lobotomy inventor walter jackson. The setup of the incurables, the latest offering from jon bassoff, is both incredibly straightforward and wonderfully disturbing.
Read corrosion by jon bassoff available from rakuten kobo. It is an interesting premise, and generally entertaining, but the story fumbles in its believability. Bassoff the disassembled man mars this southern gothic nightmare with unsympathetic characters and relentlessly grim tableaux, failing to. Johnny shaw, anthony awardwinning author of big maria jon bassoff s the incurables practically bleeds off the page with a dark poetry so intense, that you can still feel it after your eyes are closed. Disgraced in the psychiatric hospital where hed practiced for nearly thirty years, dr. Beginning in 1953 the incurables by jon bassoff is a character driven tale with its heart set in madness and its thoughts desperate for tranquillity amidst the incurables of society. Jon bassoff was born in 1974 in new york city and currently lives with his family in a ghost town somewhere in colorado. The incurables by jon bassoff editing by elizabeth crime. Dont get me wrong though, the incurables is certifiably insaneand i mean that in the best possible way. Jon bassoff is wellknown in the crime fictionnoir community, both as the founder of publisher new pulp press, as well as being the author of disturbing, thoughtprovoking, critically acclaimed noir. January th, 2016 trigger warning is a short story and poem collection by neil gaiman intent on finding those little pressure points that cause the most unease and arouse reflection, maybe even disturb you a mite. Its the rarest type of novel that wont only sink its teeth into you, it will leave you relishing the scar. The episodes are enthusiastic, candid, and above all else, honest. Avec son style minimaliste et bigrement evocateur, jon bassoff nous guide dans son.
Freemanknown for his dubiously successful ice pick lobotomiesand his assistant, a cured patient. Tom sizemore to play lobotomy inventor walter jackson freeman in the incurables. Corrosion, the shattering debut novel by jon bassoff, is equal parts jim thompson, flannery oconnor and william faulkner, and an unforgettable journey into the underbelly of crime and passion. Johnny shaw, anthony awardwinning author of big maria jon bassoffs the incurables practically bleeds off the page with a dark poetry so intense, that you can still feel it after your eyes are closed. Written by jon bassoff, narrated by richard rieman. May 18, 2017 born in new york city, jon bassoff is a selfdescribed gothicnoir writer living with his family in colorado where he also teaches high school english.
Jon bassoff was born in 1974 in new york city and currently lives in a ghost town somewhere in colorado. His mountain gothic novel, corrosion, was called startlingly original and unsettling by tom piccirilli, a fourtime winner of the bram stoker award, and. The story follows three very colorful and deranged characters in the 1950s. Corrosion ebook by jon bassoff 1230002019321 rakuten kobo. Im kind of a sucker for horror with a historical setting. Nov 27, 2017 jon bassoffs book the incurables is a captivating look at mental illness and the practice of lobotomies. Walter freeman, who popularized the socalled icepick lobotomy. Bassoff blends art, insanity, violence, and obsession into a haunting nightmare that you dont want to stop. Dont get me wrong though, the incurables is certifiably insane and i mean that in the best possible way.
Jon bassoffs book the incurables is a captivating look at mental illness and the practice of lobotomies. Ken bruen, shamus awardwinning author of the guards. Drawn from the darkest corners of the human experience, it is sure to haunt readers for years to come. He is the author of corrosion, factory town, the incurables, the disassembled man, and the blade this time. All of the characters are damaged in some way, and only durango could be said to be an innocent. Howell, author of the last of the smoking bartenders.
A doctor who believes he can cure mental illness and depression with an ice pick, a murderess prostitute and a teen boy molded by his fathers madness. There is little action, though bassoff does have a subplot about three brother hunting scent for revenge after she murdered the fourth, allowing bassoff to show off his genre chops. Describes the average worn book or dust jacket that has all the pages present. A man wakes to find himself below ground in the abandoned subway stations of new. Download and keep this book for free with a 30 day trial. Walter freeman is put out to pasture by the board of directors of the facility. Oct 27, 2015 a twisted tour through the asylum that jon bassoff calls his mind.
A twisted tour through the asylum that jon bassoff calls his mind. Corrosion and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. The unmeaning of life by jon bassoff editing by elizabeth. A list of amazon books by the publisher darkfuse tracked with novelrank and sorted. The incurables jon bassoff 9781940544861 netgalley.
Jon bassoffs latest novel, the incurables, is the third book i have read from him. Drawn from the darkest corners of the human experience, it is. The incurables is a fine example of characterdriven crime fiction. Im pleased to welcome jon to the blog today in conjunction with his latest release, the incurables. The incurables is filled with the mad and desperate, but ultimately its the humanity that bassoff finds in his broken characters that sets this novel apart. I actually liked the ending for this book though i do love grim endings to horror stories, and i thought everything was wrapped.
Mar 06, 2020 jon bassoff will speak about and sign his new book, the lantern man, on friday, march 6th at 7. Factory town ebook by jon bassoff 1230002019437 rakuten kobo. Bassoffs novel is a shadowy feverdream in the best possible waya story that both burns and chills and remains an unsettling thorn in the readers psyche, longer after the. The blade this time by jon bassoff frank errington. Les incurables, polar roman policier et noir publie aux editions gallmeister le 5 avril. Disgraced in the psychiatric hospital where hed practiced for nearly thirty years. Russell carver, the christian of john bunyans work, traveling through the slough of despond looking for a salvation that will never come. His previous novels include corrosion, the incurables, factory town and the disassembled man, three of which have been made into movies. Look out for the drivethru crematorium by jon bassoff. Jon bassoff s book the incurables is a captivating look at mental illness and the practice of lobotomies. It has these wild, dreamlike, narrations and it really stuck with me, he says. Jon bassoff is one of the brightest, and darkest, rising voices in horror and dark fiction today. The immortal mystic book 5 sam ferguson the immortal nicholas glenn beck.
Richfieldraised jack reher will direct the thriller the incurables, based on jon bassoffs book about the life of dr. Jon bassoff will speak about and sign his new book, the lantern man, on friday, march 6th at 7. Buy this book bassoff the disassembled man mars this southern gothic nightmare with. Brilliant writing, this, in the vein of jungs shadow world. Walter freeman travels the country in 1953 after being fired from a psychiatric hospital. Thirtytwo hundred lives hed saved, give or take, and he wasnt done yet. In the incurables by jon bassoff, excellent writing meets with an intriguing set of characters. Jon bassoffs novel is the contemporary pilgrims progress. Jun 16, 2016 richfieldraised jack reher will direct the thriller the incurables, based on jon bassoffs book about the life of dr. Russell carver, the christian of john bunyans work, traveling through the slough. The incurables jon bassoff the indecent death of a madam simon parke. They soon find themselves in burnwood, oklahoma, where the town is ripe with sinners and diseased minds needing to be cured. In the drivethru crematorium, jon bassoff twines the mundane and the absurd together in a dizzying spirograph to produce an angstridden picture of modern society.
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