Everything you need to know about the last werewolf movie. Last werewolf bloodlines trilogy urban fantasy wiki fandom. The last werewolf ebook by glen duncan rakuten kobo. One of the most original, audacious, and terrifying novels in years. The first novel follows the titular last werewolf, jake, as he counts down to his expected death. In the 21st century the victims of werewolves bites have been dying rather than transforming, so when the penultimate werewolf is eliminated, jake marlowe becomes the last. Ron charles ron charles writes about books for the washington post. The only useful thing i can offer you is a simple admonishment. In 1990 duncan moved to london, where he worked as a bookseller for four years, writing in his spare time. Duncan continues the long tradition of werewolf literature in this harrowing novel of lupine transformation. First glen duncan gave us his monstrously thrilling, genrereinventing the last werewolf. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Duncan creates a narrator who the reader should by all counts feel nothing but disdain for. Apr 09, 2011 the last werewolf returns to the themes investigated in many of glen duncan s previous seven novels.
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This is the third glen duncan book ive read, and probably the one ive liked the most. One can take an awful lot of sex and violence if its artfully done. He studied philosophy and literature at the universities of lancaster and exeter. Glen duncans existential horror is so good, its a curse. Jan 01, 2011 the last werewolf is not what i expected it to be, but i enjoyed it.
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There is a lot of explicit sex and this book depicts werewolves as the beings they aredont expect everything to be all prettied up because youll be disappointed. In jake, glen duncan has given us a werewolf for the twentyfirst century a man whose deeds can only be described as monstrous but who is in some magical way deeply human. After nearly two hundred years of running, hiding, and. Author interviews the last werewolf reinvents a hairy. As the current story begins, 167 years have gone by since jake involuntarily became a werewolf, and he is now the last of his kind known to be in existence. The last werewolf by glen duncan kansas city public library. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. The last werewolf bloodlines trilogy by glen duncan urban fantasy noir horrorsuspense. Now just over 200 years old, jake has an insatiable appreciation for good scotch, books, and the pleasures of the flesh, with a voracious libido and a hunger for meat that.
I listened to it on audio and the narrator was excellent. For now we have jake marlowe the centerpiece of glen duncan s playfully brainy new novel, the last werewolf a 200yearold, kantreading, chainsmoking aesthete whom. I have never known canongate books to produce a bad book, and glen duncan s the last werewolf is no exception. Talulla rising last werewolf trilogy by glen duncan.
Knopf isbn 9780307595089 published 06072011 fiction. But it would also be a woeful understatement of what glen duncan has accomplished with his extraordinary novel. The last werewolf by glen duncan somerset county library. Published earlier this year, the last werewolf is glen duncans eighth novel and his attempt to bring classic werewolf folklore into the modern literary age. Glen duncan s novel, the last werewolf, is a surprisingly literary, deeply introspective, and extremely wellwritten novel about jake marlowe the last surviving werewolf on earth who is being hunted by members of the wocop world organisation for the control of occult phenomena. Now just over 200 years old, jake has an insatiable appreciation for good scotch, books, and the pleasures of the flesh, with a voracious libido and a hunger for meat. The last werewolf by glen duncan 2011, hardcover for sale. I enjoyed i, lucifer, and i thought death of an ordinary man was just too damn depressing. Glen duncan is a critically acclaimed author from britain, who is known for writing horror, mystery, fiction, thriller, and fantasy novels. Duncan is also the author of i, lucifer, a novel in which the.
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The last werewolf bloodlines trilogy by glen duncan. This is a really smart, intelligent, witty, literary version of the werewolf story and i loved it. The passage three individualistic, wellacclaimed and wellawarded but not exactly a household name literary wunderkinds decide to take a go at writing genre fiction. The author takes the wellknown werewolf origin story and breathes new life into it. Duncan is also the author of i, lucifer, a novel in which the title character isnt just a devil, but the devil.
The pair have toured and performed at various live events and festivals together including at the british film institute. Jul 23, 2011 glen duncan tells marlowes story in his new, bestselling novel the last werewolf. Glen duncan delivers a powerful, sexy new version of the werewolf legend, a riveting and monstrous thrillerwith a profoundly human heart. Apr 25, 2011 canongate books trailer for our dear friend glen duncan s extraordinary new novel the last werewolf see.
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