Warlock
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st us ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
What happens when a man's carefully constructed life begins to unravel at the seams, and the only way forward is through a fog of absurdity and self-delusion? Jim Harrison's Warlock chronicles the misadventures of Johnny Lundgren, a middle-aged Michigan man who, after losing his job, throws himself into a series of increasingly ridiculous schemes and obsessions — from amateur detective work to grand fantasies of reinvention — all while his marriage quietly teeters on the edge. Written with Harrison's trademark sardonic wit and razor-sharp eye for the tragicomic, the novel presents a portrait of American masculinity in crisis that is as laugh-out-loud funny as it is quietly devastating. Harrison, celebrated as one of America's most visceral and earthy literary voices, crafts a narrative that sits at the intersection of dark comedy and poignant social observation. Warlock illustrates the author's singular ability to find profound meaning in the mundane, lacing its comic set-pieces with an undercurrent of genuine melancholy. For readers who have followed Harrison through Legends of the Fall and beyond, this novel reveals yet another dimension of his remarkable range — and leaves one wondering just how far a man must fall before he can truly find himself.
Author: Jim Harrison
Format: Hardback
Published: 1981, Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st us ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
What happens when a man's carefully constructed life begins to unravel at the seams, and the only way forward is through a fog of absurdity and self-delusion? Jim Harrison's Warlock chronicles the misadventures of Johnny Lundgren, a middle-aged Michigan man who, after losing his job, throws himself into a series of increasingly ridiculous schemes and obsessions — from amateur detective work to grand fantasies of reinvention — all while his marriage quietly teeters on the edge. Written with Harrison's trademark sardonic wit and razor-sharp eye for the tragicomic, the novel presents a portrait of American masculinity in crisis that is as laugh-out-loud funny as it is quietly devastating. Harrison, celebrated as one of America's most visceral and earthy literary voices, crafts a narrative that sits at the intersection of dark comedy and poignant social observation. Warlock illustrates the author's singular ability to find profound meaning in the mundane, lacing its comic set-pieces with an undercurrent of genuine melancholy. For readers who have followed Harrison through Legends of the Fall and beyond, this novel reveals yet another dimension of his remarkable range — and leaves one wondering just how far a man must fall before he can truly find himself.