Last Days is a relevant point of discussion for this subreddit for a couple of reasons, namely: I really recommend it for adventurous or curious readers. I don’t want to say more about the plot as I don’t want to spoil it for anyone, but the book is intriguing, unsettling, and disturbing. The belief and practice is inspired by a literal interpretation of Matthew 5:29–30:Īnd if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee…And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee This sect/cult believes that amputating body parts brings one closer to God, and having more parts of one’s body removed creates a greater closeness to divinity and increased authority/standing in the faith. Kline, an ex-detective suffering with depression following the amputation of his hand by ‘the gentleman with the cleaver’, is ordered to solve a murder which took place within a compound run by a strange sect/cult of Christianity. (In addition there was a recent thread about the decline of the novel, so this seems timely.) A brief description of the plot is as follows: I wanted to recommend it here because both the book itself and the life of Evenson the person overlap with various interests of Sam Harris (and hence this subreddit). I’ve just finished reading an excellent short novel, which is Last Days by Brian Evenson.
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