John Darnielle
Auteur de Wolf in White Van
A propos de l'auteur
John Darnielle is a writer, composer, guitarist, and vocalist for the band the Mountain Goats. He has also written several books including Black Sabbath's Master of Reality and Wolf in White Van: A Novel. (Bowker Author Biography)
Œuvres de John Darnielle
Last plane to Jakarta 1 exemplaire
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- Date de naissance
- 1967-03-16
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Bloomington, Indiana, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Bloomington, Indiana, USA (born)
San Luis Obispo, California, USA (grew up)
Durham, North Carolina, USA (lives) - Études
- Pitzer College (BA|English)
- Professions
- musician
author
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 6
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 3,244
- Popularité
- #7,880
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 178
- ISBN
- 58
- Langues
- 4
- Favoris
- 3
The structure is really interesting.all but one of the seven sections are broke into 7 chapters,
In keeping with the mention of devils and witches (7 being a lucky or sacred number)
It is basically a story about a true crime writer and two crimes that he writes about.
It can be a bit jarring as the author leaps from one to the other, including a full section in sort of medieval style language.
The author creates sympathy for the murderers and, to a lesser extent, the victims.
I think he is indicting the true crime genre, feeding ,as it does, off misery.
Anyway, an interesting if sometimes challenging read,
Likely, I think, to disappoint those attracted by the hunted at supernatural elements
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