Tim Curran's Long Black Coffin actually gave me shivers - yes, shivers - and that's something that hasn't happened in a very long time. This copy of the hardcover is marked PC of 100 copies printed and is signed by Tim Curran.ĭamn, damn, damn. Curran has written fifty or sixty books under his own name and pen names, all of which could be filed under the Horror category. The only drawback which stood out was a constant feeling of a certain amount of repetition of events and many chapters ending on a strong note of impending doom. Curran is at his strongest, he tells his story no holds barred, in a similar manor that Jim Thompson did for the fifties and sixties., and this book is not for everyone. Over the years the small town where Johnny lives has been troubled by the abduction and disappearance of several young children.Ī word of warning needs to be added, as the book contains strong and violent sexual content, and also to an extent includes the copious drug use that takes place all across communities across the country. This is a novel about a drug and alcohol addled young man from a broken home in Minnesota named Johnny Brede. If one assumes this is a thinly disguised version of Stephen King’s “Christine” then one must think again. “The Long Black Coffin” refers to a car, a 1967 GTO also known as a “Goat”. The book I just finished “The long Black Coffin” was published around 2012 by DarkFuse. Curran and his writing, he snuggly fits into that horror category of the seventies and eighties horror writer style. My latest obsession with an author seems to be Tim Curran.
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