The Distance Travelled - Hardcover

Savory, Brett Alexander

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1889186619 ISBN 13: 9781889186610

Publisher: Necro Pubns, 2006

Synopsis

“Brett A. Savory goes to Hell--not in a handbasket, but behind the wheel of a kickass El Camino--in this un-Divine Comedy. Slapstick, surreal, and definitely scorching, The Distance Travelled offers mirth and mayhem with (dare I say?) devilish glee, and on the far side of the heat is a moving meditation on the role of here in the hereafter. It's a wild and wonderful journey, so climb aboard...but look out for the flying pigs!” --Douglas E. Winter, author of Run “Two questions for Brett Savory: ‘What're you smoking?’ And ‘May we please all have some?’ The Distance Travelled is an ergot-spawned argot of a novel that nabs its readers for a ride Charlie Starkweather'd be too chicken to take. Not since Lord of the Flies has fiction been so rough on a Piggy. Now, where'd I put those damned glasses?” --Michael Marano, author of Dawn Song “I loved it. Stylish, fun, and neatly turned. Distinctive and bizarre—and I mean that in a good way—this is a fine ride through some very unusual territories." --Michael Marshall Smith, author of Spares and Only Forward “True Grit meets Falling Angel...The Distance Travelled reads like a blissed-out round-the-table collaboration between Kinky Friedman, Clive Barker, Jim Thompson, Dante, and Thorne Smith. It's a Hell we could all learn to love--kind of--and Brett Savory is a very bad man. But the good news is that it’s safer for us all that he’s writing this stuff down rather than living it.” --Peter Crowther, author of Escardy Gap (with James Lovegrove) and The Longest Single Note "The Distance Travelled is a raucous blood-and-guts pulper, complete with hardboiled mugs like PigBoy, Tom China, and Portnoy Spavin. By setting his hero's mysterious quest in Hell itself, Brett Alexander Savory has started a whole new genre: Actual Underworld Noir." --Stewart O'Nan author of Snow Angels and Faithful co-written with Stephen King

About this title

About the Author:

Brett Alexander Savory is the Bram Stoker Award winning Editor-in-Chief of ChiZine: Treatments of Light and Shade in Words, is a Senior Editor at Scholastic Canada, has had nearly 50 short stories published, written two novels, and writes for Rue Morgue Magazine.In 2006, Necro Publications released his horror-comedy novel The Distance Travelled. September 2007 will see the release of his dark literary novel In and Down through Brindle & Glass.In the works are three more novels, and a dark comic book series with artist Homeros Gilani.When he's not writing, reading, or editing, he plays drums for the hard rock band Diablo Red, whose third album, Lower the Troll, was released in late 2007.He lives in Toronto, is married to writer/editor Sandra Kasturi.

Review:

"...Slapstick, surreal, and definitely scorching, The Distance Travelled offers mirth and mayhem with (dare I say?) devilish glee..." -- Douglas E. Winter, author of Run

"I loved [The Distance Travelled]. Distinctive and bizarre ... this is a fine ride through some very unusual territories." -- Michael Marshall Smith, author of Spares and Only Forward

"Loaded with originality, wit, great characterization, and style to spare..." -- Don D'Auria, Leisure Books

"You'll want some body armor for this one. [Savory's] vistas are bigger than Texas and a whole lot hotter..." -- Brian A. Hopkins, Author of The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club

About this edition

• Publisher: Necro Pubns
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1889186619
• ISBN 13: 9781889186610
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 267