{"product_id":"brut","title":"Brut","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"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. Realized by Tallent's lush, transcendent prose and a truly indelible protagonist, \n\u003ci\u003eBrut \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Nic Pizzolatto, creator of \u003ci\u003eTrue Detective\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"With his American contract killer in Paris, Sam Tallent has created a protagonist you'll never forget as the bodies pile up like cordwood. \n\u003ci\u003eBrut \u003c\/i\u003ecomes on like a freight train and never stops. Violent, chilling, wonderfully well written, as modern as tomorrow--this is a novel for our times.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Terry Hayes, author of\u003ci\u003e I Am Pilgrim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Tallent blends striking prose and rich characterization in this exceptional thriller centered 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.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSam Tallent \u003c\/b\u003eis a comedian, novelist, and host of the \n\u003ci\u003eChubby Behemoth\u003c\/i\u003e podcast. For the last decade, he has performed more than forty-five weekends per year in North America, Asia, Australia, and Europe. Sam has two comedy specials: \n\u003ci\u003eWaiting For Death to Claim Us\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Toad's Morale. \u003c\/i\u003eHe also has a travel show, \n\u003ci\u003eWide World\u003c\/i\u003e, on YouTube. He lives in Detroit and cooks dinner for his wife every night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA propulsive, electrifying novel about a hitman who is forced to take an impossible job, by the rising literary sensation and comedian Sam Tallent, author of \u003ci\u003eRunning The Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert 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. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen, 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 murder--killing is his calling--and as an arbiter, Beauj is the ultimate judge. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when Beaujolais botches a simple hit in San Francisco, his shadowy employers manifest to remind him that he is, in fact, capable of dying. Beauj is given a choice: kill or be erased. The destination is Paris; the target is Europe's last remaining godfather, the Archangel of Florence. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA blistering tale of love and violence, \n\u003ci\u003eBrut\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a man measuring the circumference of his soul in bulletholes. Is his or any other life worth saving? Only the arbiter can decide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496014807318,"sku":"9780593978894","price":33.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780593978894.jpg?v=1783050587","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/brut","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}