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e_phemerart81) Barlow, Toby. SHARP TEETH. Harper Collins:2008.
An epic poem of "blood, gore, gristle...and doggie dreams."
Compelling and clever
Dark and brutal
Lycanthropes in LA?
This book reads like a graphic novel
with the images sketched fast and furious in our heads
written in free verse
It is its own kind of beast.
From Publishers Weekly: Barlow's gut-wrenching, sexy debut, a horror thriller in verse, follows three packs of feral dogs in East L.A. These creatures are in fact werewolves, men and women who can change into canine form at will (Dog or wolf? . Lark, the top dog in one of the packs who's a lawyer in human form, has a master plan that may involve taking over the city from the regular humans. Anthony Silvo, a dogcatcher and normally a loner, finds himself falling in love with a beautiful and mysterious woman. A strange small man and his giant partner play tournament bridge and are deep into the drug trade. A detective, Peabody, investigates several puzzling dog-related murders. The irregular verse form with its narrative economies proves an excellent vehicle to support all these disparate threads and then tie them together in the bittersweet conclusion.
An epic poem of "blood, gore, gristle...and doggie dreams."
Compelling and clever
Dark and brutal
Lycanthropes in LA?
This book reads like a graphic novel
with the images sketched fast and furious in our heads
written in free verse
It is its own kind of beast.
From Publishers Weekly: Barlow's gut-wrenching, sexy debut, a horror thriller in verse, follows three packs of feral dogs in East L.A. These creatures are in fact werewolves, men and women who can change into canine form at will (Dog or wolf? . Lark, the top dog in one of the packs who's a lawyer in human form, has a master plan that may involve taking over the city from the regular humans. Anthony Silvo, a dogcatcher and normally a loner, finds himself falling in love with a beautiful and mysterious woman. A strange small man and his giant partner play tournament bridge and are deep into the drug trade. A detective, Peabody, investigates several puzzling dog-related murders. The irregular verse form with its narrative economies proves an excellent vehicle to support all these disparate threads and then tie them together in the bittersweet conclusion.
