REH, most famous for the Conan the Barbarian short stories, has a visceral writing style. I'd start with one of the Conan omnibuses, like this one: https://www.

REH, most famous for the Conan the Barbarian short stories, has a visceral writing style. I'd start with one of the Conan omnibuses, like this one: https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Conan-Cimmerian-Original-Adventures/dp/0345461517/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1470229829&sr=8-10&keywords=conan+the+barbarian https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Conan-Cimmerian-Original-Adven...