Scowler
Mar 2013 · Sold by Delacorte Press
3.0star
6 reviews
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304
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Whalefall, The Shape of Water with Guillermo del Toro, Rotters, and more, comes this equal parts haunting and horrifying horror novel that gves readers insight into the mind of a controlling homicidal man and the son who must stop him.
"Marvin Burke is one of the great monsters of literature, a figure of immense, credible terror and savagery."--Cory Doctorow, author of Little Children and coeditor of Boing Boing
Imagine your father is a monster. Would that mean there are monsters inside you, too?
Nineteen-year-old Ry Burke, his mother, and little sister eke out a living on their dying family farm. Ry wishes for anything to distract him from the grim memories of his father’s physical and emotional abuse. Then a meteorite falls from the sky, bringing with it not only a fragment from another world but also the arrival of a ruthless man intent on destroying the entire family. Soon Ry is forced to defend himself by resurrecting a trio of imaginary childhood protectors: kindly Mr. Furrington, wise Jesus, and the bloodthirsty Scowler.
"Marvin Burke is one of the great monsters of literature, a figure of immense, credible terror and savagery."--Cory Doctorow, author of Little Children and coeditor of Boing Boing
Imagine your father is a monster. Would that mean there are monsters inside you, too?
Nineteen-year-old Ry Burke, his mother, and little sister eke out a living on their dying family farm. Ry wishes for anything to distract him from the grim memories of his father’s physical and emotional abuse. Then a meteorite falls from the sky, bringing with it not only a fragment from another world but also the arrival of a ruthless man intent on destroying the entire family. Soon Ry is forced to defend himself by resurrecting a trio of imaginary childhood protectors: kindly Mr. Furrington, wise Jesus, and the bloodthirsty Scowler.
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3.0
6 reviews
Sam Avila
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November 14, 2014
Had to read this for a book club in school. I like reading about darker subjects, but this book was just so dark and disgusting that it was hard to visualize any of it.
Jeff Mobley
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November 26, 2014
Violent, disgusting, pointless. A complete waste of time and money to read!
NICOLAS GUEVARA
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March 23, 2024
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About the author
DANIEL KRAUS is a New York Times bestselling author, an editor, and a filmmaker. His newest novel, Whalefall, the story of a scuba diver who is swallowed by a 60-ton sperm whale and has one hour of air left to escape, has been optioned for film by Imagine Entertainment. Other works include Rotters, The Monster Variations, and The Shape of Water with co-author Guillermo del Toro..
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