Paperback, 368 pages
Published April 17th 2012 by Vintage
Rating: ★★★★
Told in a diary format, though without dates and times, the reader is given a glimpse into the present and past of the last known werewolf, Jake Marlowe.
Duncan's florid prose is in turns evocative and pretentious, though this works extraordinarily well as our narrator, a 200-year old werewolf, is chock-full of existential ennui. Some lines, even whole paragraphs, are clunkers, but Duncan largely manages to keep from dipping.
It's not until about halfway through that the story really finds its stride and by the end of the book, you understand why.
At any rate, it was an enjoyable read; a different take on standard werewolf (and vampire) mythology that is all but written in stone by this time.
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