Factory Town, Jon Bassoff
Factory Town, Jon Bassoff
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Factory Town

Author: Jon Bassoff

Narrator: Donald Corren

Unabridged: 5 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/07/2020

Synopsis

From Jon Bassoff, author of The Memory Ward and Beneath Cruel Waters, comes a dark, gritty, and surreal novel that is at once a compelling mystery and an exploration into the darkest recesses of the human soul.Russell Carver, an enigmatic and tortured man in search of a missing girl, has come to Factory Town, a postindustrial wasteland of abandoned buildings, crumbling asphalt, deadly characters, hidden secrets, and unspeakable depravity. Wandering deeper and deeper into the dangerous, dreamlike, and darkly mysterious labyrinths in town, Russell stumbles upon clues that not only lead him closer to the girl, but to his own troubled past. Because in Factory Town nothing is what it seems, no one is safe, and there’s no such thing as a clean escape. Welcome to the haunting, frightening, and disturbing experience that is Russell Carver’s search for the truth …

About Jon Bassoff

Jon Bassoff is the author of ten novels, several of which have been translated into French and German. His mountain-gothic novel, Corrosion, was nominated for the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere, France’s biggest crime fiction award, and his debut novel, The Disassembled Man, was recently adapted for the big screen. For his day job, Bassoff teaches high school English in Longmont, Colorado. He is a connoisseur of tequila, hot sauces, psychobilly music, and fleabag motels.

About Donald Corren

Donald Corren is an audiobook narrator and a New York actor with leading credits on and Off-Broadway, as well as numerous television appearances. On Broadway, he costarred with Judy Kaye in the critically acclaimed production of Souvenir, and replaced Harvey Fierstein in the seminal production of Torch Song Trilogy. His Off-Broadway appearances include The Soap Myth, Dietrich & Chevalier, The Last Sunday in June, Stephen Sondheim’s Saturday Night, and the original New York production of Tomfoolery. His television credits include eight seasons as forensic tech Medill on NBC’s Law & Order, as well as his current role as Dr. Kurian on Syfy’s Z Nation.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on August 11, 2014

First off, I was really looking forward to this, I thought Corrosion was fantastic and recommended it to several friends, even voted for it in the Darkfuse reader’s awards. First thoughts I had to agree with the surreal voyage bit, only problem, it just got weirder and weirder to the point where 40%......more

Goodreads review by Keith on October 27, 2014

A surreal menagerie of the depraved and the grotesque, FACTORY TOWN is an exploration of horror itself. It's very well-written and highly disturbing. I enjoyed it, but it's not for everyone. It's dark and there's no redemption here. It has a sort of I-can't-look-away quality (you know, like spending......more

Goodreads review by Mark on November 06, 2014

After reading Corrosion by Jon Bassoff, this book became an immediate must read. Now, the author has found his way on my "auto-buy" list. It's not a long list. Factory Town is a dream like state of a novel. Surreal, but not overly artistic. The prose is written more matter of fact and dead-pan which......more

Goodreads review by Frank on October 03, 2014

Review copy Words are failing me at the moment, but I'll try to find a few to use in this review of Jon Bassoff's follow-up to Corrosion from earlier this year. Factory Town is a strange, surreal, dreamlike, stream-of-consciousness, at times extremely disturbing, yet oddly satisfying endeavor. First, t......more

Goodreads review by Mike on September 01, 2014

This was the second book by Jon I have read. The first was Corrosion which I thought was very good. The main character of the story is a man named Russell Carver. Who is looking for a young girl named Alana in this beat down place called Factory Town. In his journey to find her he comes across a lot......more

Quotes

“This is a profoundly discomfiting and pessimistic exploration of a deeply damaged man, and when Bassoff invokes real-world horrors alongside the fantastical ugliness of Factory Town and its inhabitants, he suggests that similar foulness is common to all people. This is one to read with all the lights on.” Publishers Weekly

“Jon Bassoff is a master of that territory where pulp becomes poetry, crime fiction mates with horror, but this novel is very much its own self—an unnervingly individual piece of work.” Ramsey Campbell, Bram Stoker Award–winning author

“Factory Town is a journeyman’s surreal voyage through the very heart of hell. A novel full of a crazed, ugly, vivid, disturbing energy held together by a deft hand. Bassoff is the king of creepy crime-horror fiction.” Tom Piccirilli, Bram Stoker Award–winning author

“For those of us who love the horror-crime genre, Jon Bassoff is a Godsend. Creepy, poetic, and beautifully dark, Factory Town is an absolutely mesmerizing ride.” John Rector, Wall Street Journal bestselling author

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