{"product_id":"kornwolf-9780802170163","title":"Kornwolf","description":"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. \u003ci\u003eKornwolf\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eKornwolf\u003c\/i\u003e is a social satire of suburban sprawl, closed minds, and all manners and varieties of self-satisfaction -- Amish, civilian, or... \u003ci\u003eother\u003c\/i\u003e -- in the best tradition of Tom Robbins and George Saunders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press, Black Cat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802170163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.52w x 1.04d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2005 pg. 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/17\/2005 pg. 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2005 pg. 1100\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/27\/2006 pg. 83\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tristan Egolf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38016610009269,"sku":"9780802170163","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f0c5914f-a388-4579-be07-fe3aeab578d6.jpg?v=1609160072","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/kornwolf-9780802170163","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}