Scowler, Daniel Kraus
Scowler, Daniel Kraus
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Scowler

Author: Daniel Kraus

Narrator: Kirby Heyborne

Unabridged: 11 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/12/2013


Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author of Angel Down, Whalefall, The Shape of Water with Guillermo del Toro, Rotters, and more, comes this equal parts haunting and horrifying horror novel that gves readers insight into the mind of a controlling homicidal man and the son who must stop him.

"Marvin Burke is one of the great monsters of literature, a figure of immense, credible terror and savagery."--Cory Doctorow, author of Little Children and coeditor of Boing Boing

Imagine your father is a monster. Would that mean there are monsters inside you, too?
Nineteen-year-old Ry Burke, his mother, and little sister eke out a living on their dying family farm. Ry wishes for anything to distract him from the grim memories of his father’s physical and emotional abuse. Then a meteorite falls from the sky, bringing with it not only a fragment from another world but also the arrival of a ruthless man intent on destroying the entire family. Soon Ry is forced to defend himself by resurrecting a trio of imaginary childhood protectors: kindly Mr. Furrington, wise Jesus, and the bloodthirsty Scowler.

About The Author

DANIEL KRAUS is a writer, an editor, and a filmmaker. He is currently working on an adult novel with Guillermo del Toro, scheduled for late 2013. Daniel lives with his wife in Chicago.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Trudi

It puzzles me -- and sometimes frustrates me to no end -- how or why some books get categorized/released as Young Adult. These days it seems the label has become so loosey-goosey all that's required is that there be a teen protagonist. Content, language, themes -- all of the meatier, important eleme......more

Goodreads review by Mara

Personal prolegomena: This book fell into my mitts courtesy of another round of library roulette. About a quarter of the way in, things reached such a level of WTF that I broke one of my (made up) roulette rules, and just had to look it up to get a bead on this Scowler business. Given the......more

Horrifically gory and intense, in a way you don't see that much in YA. Billy Dent has nothing on Marvin Burke.......more

Goodreads review by Kelly

If you want true YA horror, look no further. Ry's father Marvin was an abusive, horrific man. His father put his mother through hell, and it was Ry who helped save his mother back when he was way too young, too impressionable, and too vulnerable to have that sort of responsibility heft upon him. But......more


Quotes

“Marvin [Burke] is one of the great monsters of literature, a figure of immense, credible terror and savagery.” —Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother and coeditor of Boing Boing
 
“The demon offspring of Stephen King’s The Shining and Hitchcock’s Psycho.” —Michael Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Gone and BZRK
 
“A memorable, brutal assault on the senses, not for the fainthearted or delicate.” Publishers Weekly
 
“Daniel Kraus writes raw and deft and dangerous. Consider yourself warned.” —Adele Griffin, two-time National Book Award finalist
 
“A boldly visceral coming-of-age story that explores the darkest spaces in family life and the shocking resilience of the human psyche.” —Booklist
 
“This book has the pacing of a Stephen King movie, and it never lets up in its gruesomeness.” —School Library Journal
 
“Connoisseurs of the grotesque have come to the right place, as Kraus’ impeccable sense of thriller timing spins out the terror.” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
 
“A Midwestern gothic family saga that will hook readers.” —Kirkus Reviews
 
“So unrelentingly bleak, it stretches the very definition of YA horror.” —Bloody-Disgusting.com
 
“Scowler is dark, poetic, and challenging.” —Rue-Morgue.com
 
“For lovers of dark thrillers and horror narratives, Scowler is one crazy roller-coaster ride.” —Portland Book Review
 
“Bound to scare up many jaw-dropping reactions.” —Chicago Tribune
 
A Tayshas Reading List Selection
 
A Junior Library Guild Selection


Awards

  • Odyssey Award