{"product_id":"kornwolf-paperback","title":"Kornwolf - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTristan Egolf\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTristan Egolf's new novel is a book about the return of an old curse - the Kornwolf, a ferocious werewolf whose nocturnal rampaging becomes increasingly impossible to ignore. \u003ci\u003eKornwolf\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader for a good old-fashioned romp in the stubble -- a journey through the slums and honky tundra of rural Pennsylvania, where nothing quite passes for good or bad, sublime or dismal, discrete or brash. And then the monotony breaks. Something -- a freak of creation -- is running amok in the fields. To solve the mystery, three generations of prodigal sons -- a writer and hometown boy who swore he'd never come back to Penn's Woods; a middle-aged former pugilist who runs a decrepit boxing gym; and a misfit, mute, beaten-down Amish boy -- are brought together by the light of a blue moon, in a town called Blue Ball. On one level this is a masterfully orchestrated, hilarious, and compelling take on the classic horror yarn, on another, \u003ci\u003eKornwolf\u003c\/i\u003e is a social satire of suburban sprawl, closed minds, and all manners and varieties of self-satisfaction -- Amish, civilian, or... \u003ci\u003eother\u003c\/i\u003e -- in the best tradition of Tom Robbins and George Saunders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTristan Egolf\u003c\/b\u003e was the author of \u003ci\u003eLord of the Barnyard\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSkirt and the Fiddle\u003c\/i\u003e. His novels were translated into many foreign languages. He resided in Paris, Amsterdam, rural Kentucky, Oxford, MS, Philadelphia, New York City, and Cape Cod, among other places, and worked as a dog walker, gorilla-suited singing-telegramist, busker, dishwasher, frontman of a band, and booking agent of an avant-garde dance troupe. He was born in 1971. At the time of his death in May 2005 he was living in Lancaster, PA, a city with a sizeable Amish population, and working on a rock opera, the literary\/arts website Windmills Online, which currently maintains a tribute page for him, and finishing the novel \u003ci\u003eKornwolf\u003c\/i\u003e. He leaves behind a fiancee and two year old daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.04 x 8.3 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 29, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52554250125605,"sku":"9780802170163","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/2487\/2485\/files\/9xG6iCy2W69780802170163.webp?v=1781356317","url":"https:\/\/c4lhome.com\/products\/kornwolf-paperback","provider":" Companion for Life Five Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}