A college student finds a gun at what looks like the scene of a suicide attempt, and rather than calling the police becomes morbidly fascinated with owning the weapon in Fuminori Nakamura's creepy novel The Gun.
I have read several novels by Nakamura and find him to be adept at getting under your skin with unsettling characters and situations. The Gun isn't so much a mystery or thriller as it is a skin-crawling character study about a young man slowly unraveling, as he fantasizes about murdering various people and becomes more distant from friends and the normal world.
Nakamura's disturbing narratives aren't for everyone, but he is an adept writer and storyteller for those looking for inky-black tales.
I checked this out from the Morrisson-Reeves Library in Richmond Indiana and read it quickly.
I have read several novels by Nakamura and find him to be adept at getting under your skin with unsettling characters and situations. The Gun isn't so much a mystery or thriller as it is a skin-crawling character study about a young man slowly unraveling, as he fantasizes about murdering various people and becomes more distant from friends and the normal world.
Nakamura's disturbing narratives aren't for everyone, but he is an adept writer and storyteller for those looking for inky-black tales.
I checked this out from the Morrisson-Reeves Library in Richmond Indiana and read it quickly.
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