John langan the fisherman review6/11/2023 ![]() Langan’s tale is a heady old story within a story, but one that claims a far reaching, epic scope that traces threads to the “old country” and reaches to the modern day. It will only lead them ever deeper to face what they have lost and ask if they are willing to pay whatever price to reclaim it. ![]() Soon, the two men find themselves amidst a story that is similar to their own in tragedy, but far more fantastical and dark. In upstate New York, there is the Dutchman’s Creek, which flows from the Ashokan Reservoir, only not many have heard of this creek and the few that have…there’s nothing good that comes from it. ![]() ![]() Oh and it should be noted it won the 2016 Bram Stoker for best novel!įollowing Abe and Dan, two widowers, who have found one another’s love for fishing a place of fellowship, are lured by a mysterious creek. Few books really nail the mythic scope of Lovecraft, but John Langan’s THE FISHERMAN, goes far deeper, while the tentacles of cosmic horror writhes around it. ![]()
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