- Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Tor Books; Reprint edition (3 Aug 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 076535991X
- ISBN-13: 978-0765359919
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.4 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 814,269 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"The too-short life of Nicholas Pekearo was both triumph and tragedy. He died a hero's death, sacrificing his own life to save others. And now comes "The Wolfman," a brilliant, insightful, overpowering debut from a writer who studied, listened, and learned before he took his shot...and centered the bulls-eye. Published posthumously, this "debut" novel is a triumph."--Andrew Vachss
"Consider Lon Chaney Jr. meets The Incredible Hulk--as imagined by Charles Bukowski. "The Wolfman"'s great fun. My suggestion? Don't wait for the next full moon. Pounce!"--Jack Ketchum
""The Wolfman" takes a tried and true wooly-booger icon and turns it on its ear and gives it a fresh coat of fur and new sheen on its very sharp teeth. Nicholas Pekearo has the wolf chops and the writing chops to make this horror/thriller a must read." --Joe R. Lansdale
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"Spare, evocative prose lifts this impressive debut... Huggins may remind some of Jeff Lindsay's Dexter, but Pekearo's skill at making Higgins both believable and sympathetic is a considerable achievement that should give this novel crossover appeal beyond crime and horror readers." - Publishers Weekly, starred review."
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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"The Wolfman" is the debut novel of a talented young writer and volunteer police officer called Nicholas Pekearo who was tragically killed in the line of duty shortly after completing a deal for this book to be published. The book tells the story of Marlowe Higgins, a former vietnam veteran and werewolf, who after many years of drifting from town to town finally settles in the small town of Evelyn and works in a local restaurant. But everything takes a turn for the worse when a serial killer known as the Rose killer begins killing women in Evelyn. Marlowe uses his curse to target the Rose killer but things go tragically wrong.
This is a great debut novel from a very promising young writer. The story is told entirely from the point of view of Marlowe Higgins which is great because it allows the reader to understand the character and his motivations so much better. The pace of the story is pretty fast and packed with an equal amount of action, drama, sex and twisted humour.
As with most debut novels there is room for improvement in a couple of areas but on the whole it's a great book and shows that Nicholas Pekearo had the potential to become a great writer with an eye for detail and the ability to create some memorable characters as well as creating some great new ideas for the werewolf genre.
This is a great debut novel from a very promising young writer. The story is told entirely from the point of view of Marlowe Higgins which is great because it allows the reader to understand the character and his motivations so much better. The pace of the story is pretty fast and packed with an equal amount of action, drama, sex and twisted humour.
As with most debut novels there is room for improvement in a couple of areas but on the whole it's a great book and shows that Nicholas Pekearo had the potential to become a great writer with an eye for detail and the ability to create some memorable characters as well as creating some great new ideas for the werewolf genre.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Having read about the tragic, and it has to be said, heroic death of the young author of this book I really wanted to like it. Thankfully I did!
It is a little rough around the edges perhaps. The descriptive passages get a little repetitious once or twice and the ending could have done with a bit more of twist. However as I understand it, this was a work in progress before the authors sad death.
It would seem he is a great loss to this at times rather tired genre.
Meet Marlowe Higgins a war veteren, chef, walker of the earth, ooh and Werewolf. The use of the name Marlow is no coincidence either, the style is very Raymond Chandler. No ladies in the lake here but a trail of butchered ones instead. The police haven't a clue and the feds are no better. What do they need? A Werewolf with a serious attitude problem of course!
The book has a wonderful grimy and sleazy feel. The action is on the cheap streets, in the brothels and low down diners. All the charactors are deeply flawed beings and not the kind of individuals you'd invite for the weekend. In fact the only 'normal' good guy is kind of a sacrificial lamb whose death ups the ante big time.
The action starts immediatly and you left to work out the back story of Marlowe via a series of flashbacks which though a little cliched, here are very effective.
This is a very good start to what surely would have been a series. Something you could imagine the gritty HBO picking up as a tv adaptation. Such a shame the author was killed in a scene that could quite easily have come straight from his own imagination.
It is a little rough around the edges perhaps. The descriptive passages get a little repetitious once or twice and the ending could have done with a bit more of twist. However as I understand it, this was a work in progress before the authors sad death.
It would seem he is a great loss to this at times rather tired genre.
Meet Marlowe Higgins a war veteren, chef, walker of the earth, ooh and Werewolf. The use of the name Marlow is no coincidence either, the style is very Raymond Chandler. No ladies in the lake here but a trail of butchered ones instead. The police haven't a clue and the feds are no better. What do they need? A Werewolf with a serious attitude problem of course!
The book has a wonderful grimy and sleazy feel. The action is on the cheap streets, in the brothels and low down diners. All the charactors are deeply flawed beings and not the kind of individuals you'd invite for the weekend. In fact the only 'normal' good guy is kind of a sacrificial lamb whose death ups the ante big time.
The action starts immediatly and you left to work out the back story of Marlowe via a series of flashbacks which though a little cliched, here are very effective.
This is a very good start to what surely would have been a series. Something you could imagine the gritty HBO picking up as a tv adaptation. Such a shame the author was killed in a scene that could quite easily have come straight from his own imagination.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Posthumously published, this book is an excellent start to a potential series which alas will never be.
Conceived as a 'mysterious stranger/wandering man' affair, the book deals with the victim of hereditary lycanthropy living in small town America. Happy to have fallen through societiy's gaps, Marlowe Higgins takes life day by day, blending in and being as normal as possible, whilst dealing with the rage that burns inside of him. Every full moon, he sends his larger, hairier self out to feed - but only on those who deserve it (a la Dexter in many ways). When a serial killer comes to town and things start to become a little more personal, Higgins takes it on himself to track down the murderer before those close to him get hurt.
The story itself isn't overly special - take out the fact he is a werewolf, and you could have any type as the lead. What is speciual is the prose. Excellently written and obviously influenced by Chandler et al, (hell his name's Marlowe!), we have a strongly observed monologue dealing with the topic of disaffection in today's world. Higgins doesn't fit for more than the obvious reasons, but what we find is a gentle man who has lost everything he ever wanted and - a few bar fights aside - retains a strong sense of moral decency.
The only down side is it's pretty obvious who the murderer is - there is a very limited cast, possibly down to this being the author's first book and his need to limit the amount of people he deals with - but that aside I highly recommend this book, not just to fans of supernatural fiction, but anyone.
Conceived as a 'mysterious stranger/wandering man' affair, the book deals with the victim of hereditary lycanthropy living in small town America. Happy to have fallen through societiy's gaps, Marlowe Higgins takes life day by day, blending in and being as normal as possible, whilst dealing with the rage that burns inside of him. Every full moon, he sends his larger, hairier self out to feed - but only on those who deserve it (a la Dexter in many ways). When a serial killer comes to town and things start to become a little more personal, Higgins takes it on himself to track down the murderer before those close to him get hurt.
The story itself isn't overly special - take out the fact he is a werewolf, and you could have any type as the lead. What is speciual is the prose. Excellently written and obviously influenced by Chandler et al, (hell his name's Marlowe!), we have a strongly observed monologue dealing with the topic of disaffection in today's world. Higgins doesn't fit for more than the obvious reasons, but what we find is a gentle man who has lost everything he ever wanted and - a few bar fights aside - retains a strong sense of moral decency.
The only down side is it's pretty obvious who the murderer is - there is a very limited cast, possibly down to this being the author's first book and his need to limit the amount of people he deals with - but that aside I highly recommend this book, not just to fans of supernatural fiction, but anyone.
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I loved this book, what a great read. Absolutely sucked in to the characters and story. Will be recommending it to anyone who'll listen.
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An insightful 1st shot at the werewolf legend. It holds up as a stand alone novel though and would have developed into a good series. Read more
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