{"id":778,"date":"2013-09-20T09:16:39","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T17:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/?p=778"},"modified":"2017-12-18T13:27:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T21:27:34","slug":"review-the-last-werewolf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/20\/review-the-last-werewolf\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Last Werewolf"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>
\n The Last Werewolf<\/a> by Glen Duncan<\/a>
\n My rating: 4 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n

This is my second reading of The Last Werewolf. The first time I read it took me a month. This time, four days. That\u2019s still too long\u2014this book should be devoured in one sitting. I blame only myself, a recent minor illness breaking up my ability to concentrate.<\/p>\n

Hopefully I am back in the saddle, as I have the sequel to read, Talulla Rising<\/i>. Indeed, that\u2019s why I reread The Last<\/i> at all, so I could better appreciate Talulla<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Duncan is a writer to be reckoned with. His literary style is dense, flowing, beautiful. The kind of writing that\u2019s almost too excquisite\u2014I found myself shaking my head more than a few times, thinking \u201cdamn, this guy\u2019s good,\u201d which unfortunately took me out of the narrative. Again, I blame myself. Otherwise, Duncan\u2019s writing style is immersive.<\/p>\n

And he handles the subject matter with so much grace and wisdom it defies classification as any kind of genre fiction. This is not horror (although there\u2019s horror). This is a literary novel that has as its subject a man who turns into a beast, and revels in his own self-hate and bloodlust.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s an additional layer, too, to The Last<\/i>, a kind of tongue-in-cheek humor that pokes fun at genre fiction in general, vampire fiction in particular, and post-empire British ennui. This thread is not overt, and can be ignored if you like. But obviously, Duncan\u2019s got more to offer, for those who want it, than just a monster feeding on viscera.<\/p>\n

However, if you like, there\u2019s plenty of offal as well. Dig in.<\/p>\n

View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is my second reading of The Last Werewolf. The first time I read it took me a month. This time, four days. That\u2019s still too long\u2014this book should be devoured in one sitting. I blame only myself, a recent minor illness breaking … <\/p>\n

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