The Last Days: The Apocryphon Of Joe Panther

by Andrew Masterson

Joe Panther is a man with many dangerous secrets. He is a private investigator, a drug dealer, a killer, and the Messiah fallen on hard times. When a young woman is murdered he is hired to investigate. Soon he becomes both hunter and hunted.

512 pages, Paperback

First published May 5, 2000

About the author

Andrew Masterson is an Australian author of crime fiction, horror and non-fiction. Masterson emigrated from the UK to Australia in 1968[citation needed]. He has worked as a journalist since 1984 in a number of countries, including Australia, Great Britain, Germany and U.S.A.

Reviews

[Hu · Rating 3 out of 5]

🌟TROPES: Gospel Noir, Antihero Protagonist, Dark Humour, Mysticism & Theology, Secrets & Double Lives, Moral Ambiguity 🌟

I struggled through most of it and I felt let down by how sluggish the narrative was. Several years ago I read the sequel “Second Coming: The Passion of Joe Panther” but at the time I hadn’t realised it was a sequel. I really enjoyed that book and it wasn’t until I got to the very end of that one that I realised this book is part of a duology.

Fast forward to present times and I convinced myself I really had to track down this book down and I was really excited to read it especially as I loved how Joe Panther was portrayed in Second Coming. I suspect that because I read these two books in the wrong order is what played a role in me not enjoying it as much as Second Coming. So just a 3 ⭐️ rating from me.