Wolf in White Van : A Novel (Paperback)

from nmele

A beautifully written book but one I found somewhat disappointing. In the 1980s, my wife and I played a game similar to the one that is central to this novel, in which players mail their moves to a game master who responds in kind. Reading this took me back to the pleasures of that sort of game, ...

from jalfredb

This novel held my interest. The first person narrative is not straight forward, but a unique blend of perceptions on the world. The plot does not stretch very far, and yet because of the author's imagination other non-physically present elements are added.

from bibliovermis

When I was growing up with three brothers, it usually felt like gender was fluid and semi-imaginary, a concept that my parents used to excuse behaviors from my brothers while punishing them from me. But other times, it truly seemed that adolescent boys were another planet: inexplicable, barren, a...

from bookczuk

This book fell into my hands somehow, and intrigued me by the jacket blurb, though the cover made my eyes spin. Two threads of the same story, told from opposite directions. Excellent writing, intricate story lines, compelling character detail, enough so that by the end (which is the beginning of...

from markm2315

A first-person non-linear tale of an adolescent tragedy with physical deformity and chronic illness told in a background of rock and roll music (the author is a musician), an escapist text-based adventure game, and an underlying palpable creepy angst. Most of the dramatic tension is generated art...