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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another smoldering page turner from Laymon,
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This review is from: Glory Bus (Hardcover)
For those unfamiliar with this publication, The Glory Bus has been published in the US under a different name; Into The Fire. So both are the same book, with different titles.
Every time I pick up a Richard Laymon book I get goose bumps and I just know that the next couple of days will be drenched in an unforgettable adventure, as he cooks up the best stories, great characters and for sure delivers action and gore. I came across his books last year while browsing the shelves of my bookstore and I can safely say that I became a bigger reader of horror after a single book he wrote, now a few books later I'm a huge fan but I read them sparingly, since his passing a few years ago, because no one can ever write just the way he does and I save him as a tasty treat to read when I'm starving for a great book. Into the Fire is another tale of solitude at its worst, this time Pamela, our main character is not in the middle of the woods or mountains, she's not in a village but out in the smoldering desert. The writer really makes sure you know that there is no escape and the fights she has to put up either mean life or death. Richard described the scouring heat and suffering as Rodney Pinkham, took Pamela from her home and drove her into the middle of nowhere, in a California desert with his own sick ideas and desires in mind. He had the car keys, the gun and was twice as big as Pamela. The reader gets settled into the crazy world of Laymon and really heads into the fire to read of twisted paths of greed, lust and power This story has the wonderful Laymon twist of two tales coming into one. Pamela and her captor on one hand, as she gets rescued but a mysterious man called Sharpie who drives buss full of mannequins through out the desert, but can he be trusted? Is he a savior or another sicko like Rodney and what choice does she have? To get on the bus or to stay in the desert and fry to death. The other tale starts with a very interesting group of characters and the things they did and said left me sitting with my eyes open wide quite a few times. Norman was a college guy on his way home as he got entangled with a bad boy Duke and a chunky, pig like in his mind girl named Boots. Norman found her both repulsive calling her names in his head but as her tricks playing the naive blonde worked their charm enough to make him lust for her he found himself unable to resist the trouble making twosome as they engaged in very questionable activities which included making tons of corpses. I couldn't believe how easily the bad guys made away with many people in this book, and I loved trying to figure out how the two stories would come together in an explosive ending. I really loved the tiny town of the Pits, population of 6, with its very strange and creepy history and the things that Pamela uncovered about its inhabitants only added more gore and spice to the story. The end was one of the best and wackiest ever, as I surely didn't find one boring page, gulping it down as if I was stranded on the desert myself. This isn't the deepest book, and there is a lot of hanky panky going on but come on, this is Richard Laymon, the man has cult following for a reason, he always writes like himself and he stuck to what he knew well. Shocks, gore and diabolical surprises that didn't spare anyone. No one is ever safe in his books, for he always plays with fire and always delivers a juicy read. For those just starting out with Laymon I would also recommend The Island, Darkness Tell Us and Blood Games, as they are all campy and drenched in action. - Kasia S.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Propulsive horror tale,
By F. J. Harvey "Cricket ,country music and a go... (Birmingham England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Glory Bus (Paperback)
The Glory Bus is a posthumously published novel by the prolific Mr Laymon ,and appeared 4 years after his death in 2001 .It is a typical Laymon novel -gore drenched , and full of sex ,violence and deviant behavior told in a lean and pared down prose
It runs two tales in parallel before bringing the two threads together for a powerful climax . In one strand we read of the beautiful ex cheerleader ,now substitute teacher Pamela .She has married Jim but her marriage was short lived ,as a high school admirer ,an obese and odiferous geek named Rodney has killed her husband and abducted her .She manages to escape from her captor temporarily before he finds her again and is in the act of raping her when she is shot by a man (avenging angel?)Sharpe .Her rescuer takes her to the small town of Pitts in the Mojave desert where she finds solace with the residents ,a tight knit community of previously lost souls now cohabiting well together. The other strand has echoes of Natural Born Killers -a 50's obsessed bad boy Duke and an obese psychpathic female named Boots pick up a well heeled College school boy ,and embark on a killing spree .The two groups come together in Pitts for a bloody and violent climax as Duke and Co strive to take over the small community -a community hiding a dark ,gastronomic secret Its violent .Its sexually explicit and confronts the darker side of humanity .Nobody has ever accused Laymon of being subtle and this is a visceral and bloody tale .It does move however -like a runaway truck . So-put your delicate sensibilities on hold and get ready for a bloody and crude ride and this is enjoyable in its way if you can ignore the fact that most of its characters are pretty repulsive people especially Boots and Duke
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