Rules for Werewolves, Kirk Lynn
Rules for Werewolves, Kirk Lynn
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Rules for Werewolves

Author: Kirk Lynn

Narrator: Nick Podehl, Lauren Ezzo

Unabridged: 7 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/13/2015


Synopsis

In the tradition of Colson Whitehead’s Zone One, a visionary debut novel about shelter, escape, family, violence, and dumpster-diving.It’s the story of a restless group of young squatters. They’ve run away from their families and their pasts, questing after knowledge of their most wild selves, roaming the half-empty suburbs of America, occupying the homes of the foreclosed or vacationing, never staying in one place long enough to attract attention, while shoplifting beer at the local Speedy Stop. They’re building a new society with new laws, and no one will stand in their way.But utopias are hard work, and as Rules for Werewolves unfolds, these young revolutionaries discover that it’s much easier to break laws than to enforce them. Narrated in the shifting perspectives of the pack, Rules for Werewolves follows a community of drifters on the move, who seek a life in a wilderness that, by definition, has no room for them, and a freedom for which they may not be entirely prepared.Kirk Lynn’s debut novel is a hilarious and deeply moving story of people trying—and failing—to create a new life. At once a fractured fairy tale and a haunting vision of American disaffection, Rules for Werewolves marks the arrival of a fierce new talent.

About Kirk Lynn

Kirk Lynn is an artistic director of Rude Mechs theater collective. He is the head of the Playwriting and Directing Area in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Texas at Austin, and received his MFA from the Michener Center for Writers. Lynn lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, the poet Carrie Fountain, and their children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by karen on September 01, 2018

-So what should we do? -What do you mean? -Like, knock? -When you're out in the country you just open the fence and go in. -I thought that was how you got shot out in the country. -Look. You can see the house over there. Let's cut through the woods. -You don't want to stay on the road? -I'm not a car. I c......more

Goodreads review by Lia on September 08, 2015

-How did you like the book -It was ok -Just ok? -Well maybe better than ok. I read the whole thing. -I heard it was weird -It was - - -What was weird about it? -It was completely dialogue. All of it was just talking Blink.Blink.Blink.Blink. Blink -Really? That is weird. Was it actually about werewolves? -Kinda......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on May 31, 2015

I talked to a lot of people about this book while I was reading it. I usually described it by saying something like this, "It's very minimalist, is 99% dialogue, and often you don't even know who's talking. It's very weird, really messes with your head sometimes, and I feel like it should bug me but......more

Goodreads review by Martin on October 09, 2015

The title of chapter 20 pretty much sums up my experience of Rules for Werewolves: "This place is awesome." One of the characters recalls how, whenever he used to get his hands on a comic book, he would hear a little voice, saying, "Step inside. Step inside." This is that kind of book.......more

Goodreads review by Laura Jean on June 22, 2017

This was a fascinating debut novel. It's more a book about leadership, brotherhood, homelessness, and living on the fringes of society. The characters are all runaways and homeless and even though there are werewolves...I don't feel like it's really paranormal fiction, not really. Innovative and qui......more