Brut

A brutal story about a master killer becomes in Sam Tallent’s hands a piercing and spiritual novel that somehow touches the hem of so many human mysteries it takes on the heft of revelation. Realised by Tallent’s lush, transcendent prose and a truly indelible protagonist, Brut is a work of profound existentialist beauty that depicts love, loss, and the riddle of identity with such depth and power it belongs in the company of Robert Stone, Denis Johnson, and Cormac McCarthy. I was blown away * Nic Pizzolatto, creator of True Detective *
With his American contract killer in Paris, Sam Tallent has created a protagonist you’ll never forget as the bodies pile up like cordwood. Brut comes on like a freight train and never stops. Violent, chilling, wonderfully well-written, as modern as tomorrow - this is a novel for our times * Terry Hayes, author of I Am Pilgrim *
Tallent blends striking prose and rich characterisation in this exceptional thriller centred on an ex-Marine turned hit man … riveting, and the intense final scenes provide an immensely satisfying payoff to Beauj’s character arc, but it’s Tallent’s ornate sentences that stand out most. This is a winner * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *

Sam Tallent is a comedian. For the last decade he has performed more than 45 weekends per year across America, Canada, Europe, Japan and Australia. His writing has appeared in Birdy Magazine and on VICE.com. He is the author of Running the Light and the upcoming Brut.

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