Quake

By Richard Laymon

Book Overview

'If you've missed Laymon, you've missed a treat' Stephen King. Twenty minutes before the quake hit, Stanley was ogling Sheila through his living-room window. Now he may be able to do more than just... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747248060
• ISBN13: 9780747248064
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Headline Book Publishing
• Length: 567 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.9" x 1.4" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

A favourite!

WOW! Now I am a massive Richard Laymon fan. I have read almost all his books now and find they range from very good to AMAZING. I have to say I was blown away by Quake. It has instantly become one of my top Laymon books. One of his very best, in my opinion. At the very start of the book, a massive earthquake rips apart Los Angles causing disaster and chaos. The story is told from the viewpoints of 3 different characters. First we meet Stanley (described as a "fat pervert" on the back of the book) who wants the use the earthquake as an opportunity to rape his neighbour, Sheila, who was trapped naked in her bathtub when the quake hit. The second person we meet is Clint, Sheila's husband, who was in an office at his work at the time of the Quake. He soon meets up with Mary and Em who join him as he tries to make it home across town. The 3rd protagonist is Barbara, Sheila and Clint's 15-year-old daughter who was on a driving lesson with 3 friends when the quake struck. All three storylines are equally riviting and as usual with Laymon you get a mix of loveable charcaters, disgusting charcters and truely bizzare charcters. I thought that the book was fantastic right from the start and the last 100 pages or so were brilliant. I would very highly reccommend this book to anybody.

Long Live Laymon!

I finally got my hands on a copy of "Quake". It was probably one of Laymon's longest novels and certainly one of his best. It's the story of a family that gets separated during a huge earthquake in Los Angleles. Each family member goes through hell and high water to get back to their destroyed house. They all meet plenty of unsavory characters along the way as well. Laymon, to me, always does an excellent job of getting into the psyche of deranged minds. There are no shortage of deranged minds in this book. Any one that had read anything by Laymon should not skip this book. It is rather hard to find, so if you come across it, do not hesitate to pick it up!!

Classic Laymon

All the ingredients of a classic Richard Laymon novel, sex, gore,sex,gore,and then more sex and gore. What takes place after the big quake hits is more terrifying the the quake itself. A quick fun read for any Laymon fan.

Sick but fun!

This is not a book you want to read if you are easilly disturbed by anything. Laymon writes like a man with no conscience. I found myself shocked several times by the taboos he was willing to violate. A ton of shock value. Definately fun.

Simply a must read!

Having read Laymon previously, I knew what to expect. Horror, gore, and phycotisism! Quake contained all of this, but the characters were so strong, you almost felt part of the terror. The story focusses around the Tanners, and invites you to see the devastation of the quake through their eyes, as they desperately try to to save themselves from the danger which has been unleashed by this natural disaster. Heroisism, innocence and sheer passion is dealt with superbly,(as in all Laymon books), and the plight of Stanley will keep you hooked right through, as you wait with baited breath to see if his dreams and fantasies finally do come true!Read this above all others. You won't be able to put it down.