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Jacob Marlowe has lost the will to live. For two hundred years he has wandered the world, enslaved by his lunatic appetites and tormented by the memory of his first and most monstrous crime. Now, the last of his kind, he contemplates suicide -- until a violent murder and an extraordinary meeting plunge
… More »Jacob Marlowe has lost the will to live. For two hundred years he has wandered the world, enslaved by his lunatic appetites and tormented by the memory of his first and most monstrous crime. Now, the last of his kind, he contemplates suicide -- until a violent murder and an extraordinary meeting plunge him straight back into the desperate pursuit of life -- and love.
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Add a Quote"If, then...If, then...This, aside from the business of monthly transformation, the inestimable drag of Being a Werewolf, is what I'm sick of, the endless logistics. There's a reason humans peg-out around eighty: prose fatigue. It looks like organ failure or cancer or stroke but it's really just the inability to carry on clambering through the assault course of mundane cause and effect....Four score years is about all the ifs and thens you can take. Dementia's the sane realisation you just can't be doing with all that anymore." (p. 9) "The greatest gift of lycanthropy is knowing smoking won't kill you." (p. 154) "To tell you the truth I can't remember much about 1850. Dickens published David Copperfield. Wordsworth died. I'll have to think." (p. 187) "The Western world's so mad these days you can put an ad in the paper and some desperate self-harmer will answer it. Wanted: Victim for werewolf. Must be plump and juicy. Non-smoker with GSOH preferred. No time-wasters." (p. 207)
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Add a CommentGood adult fantasy, but "realistic," if that's possible. I couldn't put it down, but could imagine that people would either love or hate this book.
Well written adventure with mega twists and turns. Believable story, with likeable hero/evil monster keeps your interest until the end.
It's Underworld, but with a better script and characters. Definite read for fans of all things, "Were-"
@ emmalea12 I wouldn't say that Glen Duncan is Dyslexic when you, yourself, spelt it 'dislecsick'. :P
How to describe this novel.......original, gross, imaginative, funny & tragic? It's like nothing else & you'll either love it or hate it. The author writes as if he's the erudite lovechild of Stephen Fry & Christopher Hitchins. Hopefully, there will be a sequel so we can return to this strange, twisted world.
The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan is a roller coaster ride of violence, romance, action and adventure. While outlining the protocols, manners and habits of the werewolf, Duncan delivers a story of a 200 year old werewolf, weary of it all and ready to die, until he is given a reason to fight for his survival. Relying on many of the tried and true myths of werewolf-vampire hostility, wooden stakes, silver bullets, and the lure of the full moon, the author also adds an erotic earthiness that some may find offensive but I felt helped to pull the reader into Jake’s lonely, persecuted life. A killer that isn’t always comfortable in the role that nature has given him, Jake journals his life in a wry and cynical manner and adds touches of philosophical musings on the nature of his existence. This is a page turner that will have the reader laughing at one moment, being grossed out the next, and at times actually feeling empathy for this strange, angst-ridden creature. Raw, visceral, and erotic, this will not be a book for everyone, but I thoroughly enjoyed it’s original, adult take on the werewolf legend
Maybe a little overwritten, but fun and intelligent.
Well I didn't exactly read the whole thing. I read the first chapter and didn't like how the author portrayed things. I was confused and felt like he was dislecsick with his words because everything seemed backwards. I will add him to the authors I don't like. Dean Koontz being the 1st in line..
As always, I was humbled by Duncan's imagination and wordsmithing. His penchant for presenting the "other side" of the story and giving light to what most at least try to ignore comes vividly alive in this tale of a 200-year-old werewolf who is ready to die... Until he finds a reason to live! A strong language warning goes with this title. If you're offended by the frequent use of the c-word, don't bother opening the cover. If you can accept that language is how a story is conveyed and that it sometimes requires "strength" to do so, then by all means, step into an adventure of epic proporotions. This book has it all: violence, romance, action, adventure... An excellent read.
Beautifully written and disturbing. I tore through it in a day and enjoyed every last shred.