Man with No Name

The Nanashi Series, Book 1

By: Laird Barron

Narrated by: Feodor Chin

A violent tale of horror from award-winning author Laird Barron, the heir apparent to H. P. Lovecraft's throne.

Nanashi was born into a life of violence. Delivered from the mean streets by the Heron Clan, he mastered the way of the gun and knife and swiftly ascended through yakuza ranks to become a dreaded enforcer. His latest task? He and an entourage of expert killers are commanded to kidnap Muzaki, a retired world-renowned wrestler under protection of the rival Dragon Syndicate. It should be business as bloody usual for Nanashi and his ruthless brothers-in-arms except for the detail that Muzaki possesses a terrifying secret. A secret that will spawn a no-holds-barred gang war and send Nanashi on a personal odyssey into immortal darkness.

©2016 Laird Barron (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

a acid induced day dream

Just as the title says this book was a massive comfussing acid trip of words and interesting imagination. Still not sure what happened at the end lol

I like this

I had no expectations coming into this. I did not hope for any particular outcome. But I know Barron can write a good story. And this is such a one.

Difficult to stay focused

I can't say if it was the story or the narrator, but I had to continuously rewind and replay because I just want listening to it. I've never had such a hard time finishing a two hour book!

Punchy, gritty action-horror.

A wild genre mix of Yakuza crime-action & surreal horror. Trevanian meets William Hope Hodgson's House on the Borderland. Elmore Leonard + Lovecraft.
I despair this writing can't exist--yet here it is.
Loved it.

Pretty good

3.5/5

Fast-paced, violent (slashed throats, exploding eyeballs, general bloodbath), and weird. I liked it, just didn't love it.