Brut by Sam Tallent - ISBN: 9781399632904
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Ex-Marine turned killer must choose between love, death, and the ultimate target.
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    368 pages

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    10 November 2026

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Summary

Robert Beaujolais forfeited the last years of his youth to the Marines, watching his friends die. Beaujolais survived, but civilian life made him regret it. Compared to the truth of war, peace fit him like a casket. At least he was in love, even if he was the only one who could admit it. They were together - until they weren’t.

Then, out of nothing, something: the architects of the world offer Beaujolais a job in the blood business. They prefer to call it arbitration, but Beauj knows …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781399632904
ISBN-10:1399632906
Author:Sam Tallent
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:White Rabbit
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:10 November 2026
Dimensions:234mm x 153mm
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Critics Review

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 *

About The Author

Sam Tallent

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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