Kornwolf

A Novel

Tristan Egolf

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Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
07 March 2006

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fantasy

Tristan Egolf's new novel is a book about the return of an old curse - the Kornwolf, a ferocious werewolf whose nocturnal rampaging becomes increasingly impossible to ignore. Kornwolf takes the reader for a good old-fashioned romp in the stubble - a journey through the slums and honky tundra of rural Pennsylvania, where nothing quite passes for good or bad, sublime or dismal, discrete or brash. And then the monotony breaks. Something - a freak of creation - is running amok in the fields. To solve the mystery, three generations of prodigal sons - a writer and hometown boy who swore he'd never come back to Penn's Woods; a middle-aged former pugilist who runs a decrepit boxing gym; and a misfit, mute, beaten-down Amish boy - are brought together by the light of a blue moon, in a town called Blue Ball. On one level this is a masterfully orchestrated, hilarious, and compelling take on the classic horror yarn, on another, Kornwolf is a social satire of suburban sprawl, closed minds, and all manners and varieties of self-satisfaction - Amish, civilian, or... other - in the best tradition of Tom Robbins and George Saunders.

By: Tristan Egolf
Imprint: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 209mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780802170163
ISBN 10: 0802170161
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 07 March 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active