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A Passion For Horror
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Overnight Pamela has gone from being a happy newlywed to being a widow, and it's all because of Rodney. He has lusted after her since high school and now he has finally got what he has always wanted. Of course, he's had to kill Pamela's husband and tie her up and kidnap her, but he's got what he wanted.
Rodney has a house in the middle of the dessert and intends to take Pamela there. Before he reaches home though, she persuades him to stop the car so that she can relieve her bladder. Rodney doesn't want to stop, but the chance of watching her do her business is just too much for him and he stops.
Maybe things would have been different if Norman had locked his car door before he went to pay for the fuel. Or, then again, perhaps he shouldn't have wasted that extra time by going back in for jerky. Either way, it's too late now. When Norman returns to the car Duke is sitting in the passenger seat and refuses to be moved. Norman is the kind of guy that gets tears in his eyes and Duke is the kind of guy that gives people tears in their eyes. He is a hard man. So, one way or the other, they head off down the road together.
Boots isn't likely to win any beauty contests, but she has a slutty charm all of her own and, on Duke's insistence, Norman stops and picks her up. So far, it's as if Norman has been hijacked and, the first chance he gets, he plans to dump the pair. When his chance comes he lets it slip because he has developed a lusty interest in Boots. Both of his companions are trouble, and soon Norman is in trouble, and he and the gruesome twosome are heading out into the desert to escape the police.
The glory bus travels the dusty plains picking up those that are in trouble or need. No ticket is required, but don't talk to the driver when the bus in motion. Pamela takes a trip on the bus and, later on, so do Norman, Duke and Boots, but is salvation the only thing waiting for them, at the end of the ride?
There are some very engaging and unique Characters in The Glory Bus and, in true Laymon style, some of the characters have nasty personality flaws. I found Norman particularly interesting. He changes quite a bit as the story progresses and by the final pages I was wondering how much of what Norman did could be put down to the company he was keeping, and how much was just the real him emerging from hiding.
I read the paperback version. It was 442 pages long and from beginning to end there was always plenty to keep me interested in reading further. The average chapter length was 8 pages and so it never really became necessary for me to put the book down in the middle of a chapter. I really enjoyed my journey on The Glory Bus. |
