The last werewolf glen duncan book

For now we have jake marlowe the centerpiece of glen duncans playfully brainy new novel, the last werewolf a 200yearold, kantreading, chainsmoking aesthete whom one could easily imagine. Just when you think youve seen it all in the fictional werewolfvampirewitch craze, british novelist glen duncan comes along with a story unlike anything else out there. As the current story begins, 167 years have gone by since jake involuntarily became a werewolf, and he is now the last. Apr 09, 2011 the last werewolf returns to the themes investigated in many of glen duncan s previous seven novels. So goes the lore, at least, in glen duncans gorily ludic romp. For now we have jake marlowe the centerpiece of glen duncans playfully brainy new novel, the last werewolf a 200yearold, kantreading, chainsmoking aesthete whom. Glen duncan is a british author born in 1965 in bolton, lancashire, england to an angloindian. To ask other readers questions about the last werewolf, please sign up. Jake marlowe, the last werewolf of the title, is marvellously worldweary and just killing time until someone gets him with the silver.

I enjoyed i, lucifer, and i thought death of an ordinary man was just too damn depressing. Duncans the last werewolf is a highly intelligent, sensual, and wellwritten novel that, with some interesting twists and unexpected turns, is likely to keep you engrossed throughout. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the last werewolf last werewolf trilogy book 1. Jun 14, 2011 the last werewolf by glen duncan book trailer.

Now just over 200 years old, jake has an insatiable appreciation for good scotch, books, and the pleasures of the flesh. Glen duncan tells marlowes story in his new, bestselling novel the last werewolf. Its a ridiculous story, of course, jake admits halfway through, but historys. In jake, glen duncan has given us a werewolf for the twentyfirst centurya man whose deeds can only be described as monstrous but who is epub in some magical way deeply human. Feb 06, 2014 buy the last werewolf the last werewolf 1 the last werewolf trilogy by glen duncan from amazons fiction books store. In 1990 duncan moved to london, where he worked as a bookseller for four years, writing in his spare time. Harnessing the same audacious imagination and dark humor, the same depths of horror and sympathy, the same fulltilt narrative energy with which he crafted his acclaimed novel the last werewolf, glen duncan now gives us a heroine like no other, the definitive twentyfirstcentury female of the species. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. But then one of my favourite writers, glen duncan, decided to write a horror story called the last werewolf and tallulla rising is the sequel. This is the third glen duncan book ive read, and probably the one ive liked the most. The first novel follows the titular last werewolf, jake, as he counts down to his expected death.

Glen duncan delivers a powerful, sexy new version of the werewolf legend, a riveting and monstrous thrillerwith a profoundly human heart. Read the last werewolf online free from your pc, mobile. At the start of british author duncan s fine supernatural thriller, centuriesold lycanthrope jake marlowe learns he has become the last known werewolf on earth. Nov 05, 2017 the last werewolf is a work of fiction by glen duncan. The book was provided with a soundtrack by duncan s longtime friend stephen coates and his band the real tuesday weld a cross platform collaboration repeated for duncan s book the last werewolf. The last werewolf trilogy sometimes alternatively called the bloodlines trilogy is a supernatural horror series written by contemporary author glen duncan.

Published earlier this year, the last werewolf is glen duncans eighth novel and his attempt to bring classic werewolf folklore into the modern literary age. The pair have toured and performed at various live events and festivals together including at the british film institute. Now just over 200 years old, jake has an insatiable appreciation for good scotch, books, and the pleasures of the flesh, with a voracious libido and a hunger for meat that. Duncan is also the author of i, lucifer, a novel in which the.

Glen duncan, the author of seven previous novels, will discuss his new book the last werewolf which is, according to nick cave. In jake, glen duncan has given us a werewolf for the twentyfirst centurya man whose deeds can only be described as monstrous but who is in some magical way deeply human. The vampires actually have only walkon or flyon parts. His dark, atmospheric and gripping the last werewolf has more in common with anne rice than stephenie meyer, but its a book completely its own. While vampires and zombies have been jamming the highway to the bookshelves and multiplexes, werewolves have largely been left to idle by the side of the literary road. Jake, of course, is a werewolf, and with the death of his colleague he has now. Here is a powerful, definitive new version of the werewolf legendmesmerising and incredibly sexy. Glen duncan is a british author born in 1965 in bolton, lancashire, england to an angloindian family. The last werewolf series written by glen duncan is comprised of a total of 3 books, which were released between the years 2011 and 2014. Jul 12, 2011 glen duncan delivers a powerful, sexy new version of the werewolf legend, a riveting and monstrous thrillerwith a profoundly human heart.

The last werewolf is a work of fiction by glen duncan. It turns out that jake, the hero of the first book, is not, after all the last werewolf, but talulla may be, until the birth of her twins. I highly recommend this book to fans of classic horror novels and to people who can appreciate that perfect combination of poetic introspection, gothic darkness, and juicy gore. The last werewolfmy first glen duncan novel by the waynot only stars a werewolf as the main protagonist, but also features vampires, a world organisation for the control of occult phenomena wocop, and copious amounts of sex.

Aug 25, 2011 if youve had your fill of dreamy teen vampires, then glen duncans new novel, the last werewolf, will give you a reason, in the immortal words of ozzy osbourne, to bark at the moon. Now just over 200 years old, jake has an insatiable appreciation for good scotch, books, and the pleasures. One of the most original, audacious, and terrifying novels in years. Duncan is considered a real writer slumming it in genretown as opposed to being one of those the literati deem as hacks who usually work in the horror genre.

Jan 01, 2011 the last werewolf is not what i expected it to be, but i enjoyed it. Glen duncan s the last werewolf is a steamy combination of james bond and stephenie meyers blockbuster neckbiting sagas. In the 21st century the victims of werewolves bites have been dying rather than transforming, so when the penultimate werewolf is eliminated, jake marlowe becomes the last. If youve had your fill of dreamy teen vampires, then glen duncan s new novel, the last werewolf, will give you a reason, in the immortal words of ozzy osbourne, to bark at the moon. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. The last werewolf last werewolf trilogy book 1 kindle. Beginning this book was like slipping into a warm bath moodlit by aromatherapy candles, perfectly steeped cup of tea in hand.

One can take an awful lot of sex and violence if its artfully done. The last werewolf by glen duncan book trailer youtube. Glen duncan s bloodlines trilogy is a literary take on the werewolf mythos that opens with the last werewolf. In this respect, the last werewolf is like an updated version of dracula, only for werewolves, and as rewritten by bret easton ellis. I listened to it on audio and the narrator was excellent. A surprisingly literary, deeply introspective, and extremely wellwritten werewolf novel. Glen duncan has given us a werewolf for the twentyfirst centurya man whose deeds can only be described as monstrous but who is in some. For now we have jake marlowe the centerpiece of glen duncans playfully brainy new novel, the last werewolf a 200yearold. The last werewolf the last werewolf 1 the last werewolf. Published earlier this year, the last werewolf is glen duncan s eighth novel and his attempt to bring classic werewolf folklore into the modern literary age. There is a lot of explicit sex and this book depicts werewolves as the beings they aredont expect everything to be all prettied up because youll be disappointed. Grieving for her werewolf lover, jake, whose violent death has left her alone with her own sublime monstrousness, talulla demetriou is pregnant and on the run, fleeing to a remote alaskan lodge to have her child in secret.

The real tuesday weld album the last werewolf takes glen duncans novel. Reader, i ate him, jake marlowe confesses in his journal, fracturing jane eyres famous line and signaling for sure that the last werewolf is not your typical horror story, nor. In the last werewolf, jake marlowe is the last werewolf on earth with a penchant for good scotch, a voracious libido, and books. The book was provided with a soundtrack by duncans longtime friend stephen coates and his band the real tuesday weld a cross platform collaboration repeated for duncans book the last werewolf. A warning, however, there is bad language and sex scenes within. The last werewolf by glen duncan kansas city public library. Duncan continues the long tradition of werewolf literature in this harrowing novel of lupine transformation. This is a really smart, intelligent, witty, literary version of the werewolf story and i loved it.

Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Sounds like a formula straight out of an urban fantasyparanormal romance novel right. An initial book of the series is entitled talulla rising. Duncan creates a narrator who the reader should by all counts feel nothing but disdain for. Glen duncans genre novel, the last werewolf, delivers. The last werewolf returns to the themes investigated in many of glen duncan s previous seven novels. I have never known canongate books to produce a bad book, and glen duncan s the last werewolf is no exception. As the title suggests, jake marlowe comes to learn he is the last werewolf on earth. Published in 2011, the novel follows the last werewolf left on earth as he is hunted by a group of monster hunters and by mafialike vampires who see him as. Interview glen duncan talks about the last werewolf and the gap between the way we are and the way we want to be the space where, he says, horror, comedy, tragedy, and love reside glen duncan talks about the last werewolf and the gap between the way we are and the way we want to be the space where, he says, horror, comedy, tragedy, and love reside. Oct 06, 2011 buy the last werewolf the last werewolf trilogy main by duncan, glen isbn.

Duncan was previously best known for his 2003 novel i, lucifer. Nothing is news to to him because he sees the deep structures and cycles that underlie events the world thinks of as novel or. Now just over 200 years old, jake has an insatiable appreciation for good scotch, books, and the pleasures of the flesh, with a voracious libido and a hunger for meat. With the same vicious imagination, blooddark humor, and ferocious narrative energy of his bestselling novel the last werewolf, glen duncan now delivers a heroine like no other. First glen duncan gave us his monstrously thrilling, genrereinventing the last werewolf. The last werewolf was, for me, a perfect fit between what i was in the mood for and what the book and the wonderful reader since i listened to this one delivered. His insatiable thirst for human lives has driven him crazy over the.

And while vampires live for ever, werewolves last only 400 years. The last werewolf last werewolf trilogy book 1 kindle edition by duncan, glen. In jake, glen duncan has given us a werewolf for the twentyfirst centurya man whose deeds can only be described as monstrous but who is in some magical way, deeply human. The author takes the wellknown werewolf origin story and breathes new life into it. The last werewolf read online free by glen duncan novels22. He studied philosophy and literature at the universities of lancaster and exeter.

Instead, the last werewolf is a gritty and visceral. The last werewolf my first glen duncan novel by the waynot only stars a werewolf as the main protagonist, but also features vampires, a world organisation for the control of occult phenomena wocop, and copious amounts of sex. The paperback of the the last werewolf by glen duncan at barnes. Download read the last werewolf 2011 by glen duncan in. Duncan was previously best known for his 2003 novel i, lucifer books in the series are. The pair have toured and performed at various live events and. Each of the books in this series features the romance between the main characters, one of whom is shown as a werewolf. The last werewolf by glen duncan 2011, hardcover for. As the current story begins, 167 years have gone by since jake involuntarily became a werewolf, and he is now the last of his kind known to be in existence. The real tuesday weld a cross platform collaboration repeated for duncans book the last werewolf. Glen duncan s novel, the last werewolf, is a surprisingly literary, deeply introspective, and extremely wellwritten novel about jake marlowe the last surviving werewolf on earth who is being hunted by members of the wocop world organisation for the control of occult phenomena. Ive read a lot of genre fiction and the last werewolf by glen duncan is one of the better ones around. Talulla rising last werewolf trilogy by glen duncan. Now just over 200 years old, jake has an insatiable appreciation for good scotch, books, and the pleasures of the flesh, with a voracious libido and a hunger for meat that drives him crazy each full moon.