Need more darkness

[sketchxj]

I find I have developed a taste for bloodthirsty bitter humour, I always new I liked my humour black but after reading American Psycho and the Dexter books by Jeff Lindsay I can't seem to get enough. Anyone got any dark recommendations for my next book?

[Karl J. Barnes]

Try Chaingang by Rex Miller. It's dark, nasty and WAY over the top. I found it funny in its depiction of Chaingang and how the author tries to make this monstrousity into a hero.

[Gordon Smith]

Try Chaingang by Rex Miller. It's dark, nasty and WAY over the top. I found it funny in its depiction of Chaingang and how the author tries to make this monstrousity into a hero.

I kind of liked Chaingang, mostly because it delved into Daniel Bunkowski's origin, but the actual plot sure stretched that suspension of disbelief thing. I thought Miller had totally lost it by the end of the series. Butcher is wretched beyond belief.

[Karl J. Barnes]

I kind of liked Chaingang, mostly because it delved into Daniel Bunkowski's origin, but the actual plot sure stretched that suspension of disbelief thing. I thought Miller had totally lost it by the end of the series. Butcher is wretched beyond belief.

But seriously, where could you go with such a monsterous character? After a while, it would have to turn into a parody of itself. In fact, I'm not sure how serious Miller was with the character. Was he trying for straight drama/action with him or was Miller seeing how far, he could go with such a character? That's why, I think that it is a very dark satire on the "tough guy/revenge" theme that plays out in alot of hard-boiled crime novels.

[Inkthinker]

I find I have developed a taste for bloodthirsty bitter humour, I always new I liked my humour black but after reading American Psycho and the Dexter books by Jeff Lindsay I can't seem to get enough. Anyone got any dark recommendations for my next book?

Anything by Palahniuk? Fight Club is the obvious first choice, I guess, but all his books are pretty black.

[Gordon Smith]

But seriously, where could you go with such a monsterous character? After a while, it would have to turn into a parody of itself. In fact, I'm not sure how serious Miller was with the character. Was he trying for straight drama/action with him or was Miller seeing how far, he could go with such a character? That's why, I think that it is a very dark satire on the "tough guy/revenge" theme that plays out in alot of hard-boiled crime novels.

Well, considering that the series was basically a parody to begin wth, I guess it's no surprise it turned in on itself.

[Karl J. Barnes]

Well, considering that the series was basically a parody to begin wth, I guess it's no surprise it turned in on itself.

I only read the first book and that was ages and ages ago, but I presumed that unless Miller was a better writer than I gave him credit for that the character had no other way to go but down.

Another author that does the bleak and sickly funny is Tom Holt. Sure, his efforts are suppose to be funny, yet there is a darkness to his writings.

[Tages]

I find I have developed a taste for bloodthirsty bitter humour, I always new I liked my humour black but after reading American Psycho and the Dexter books by Jeff Lindsay I can't seem to get enough. Anyone got any dark recommendations for my next book?
Almost any Jim Thompson novel. Particularly, look out for "The Killer Inside Me," "The Nothing Man," "A Hell of a Woman" and "The Grifters."

[Tages]

Oh, also check out a little-known self-published novel called Michael in Hell (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193025234X/qid=1121267507/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-5903176-5882512?s=books&v=glance&n=283155) by Dennis Latham. Very similar to the Dexter books, though this one was actually written four years before "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" and is arguably even darker.

[Kaiju]

James Ellroy's Killer On The Road is an homage to Jim Thompson. Tim Dorsey's books might be a little to light for what you're going for but Serge Storms is a great character.