The Fisherman

Name: The Fisherman
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Author: John Langan
ISBN: 9781541472242

Author: John Langan

Narrator: Danny Campbell

Unabridged: 11 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/11/2017

Categories: Fiction, Horror

Synopsis

In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked, fast-moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true. When Abe and Dan, two widowers who have found solace in each other's company and a shared passion for fishing, hear rumors of the Creek, and what might be found there, the remedy to both their losses, they dismiss it as just another fish story. Soon, though, the men find themselves drawn into a tale as deep and old as the Reservoir. It's a tale of dark pacts, of long-buried secrets, and of a mysterious figure known as Der Fisher: the Fisherman. It will bring Abe and Dan face to face with all that they have lost, and with the price they must pay to regain it.

About John Langan

John Langan is the author of two novels, The Fisherman and House of Windows, and two collections of stories, The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies and Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters. With Paul Tremblay, he coedited Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters. He's one of the founders of the Shirley Jackson Awards, for which he served as a juror during its first three years. Currently, he reviews horror and dark fantasy for Locus magazine.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Misty Marie on April 26, 2022

For a hot minute, I thought I was stuck reading a book about fishing. That is no good for someone with the attention span of a squirrel. A book has to grab me fast to make me hang in there. So I struggled for a few chapters because it was all about fishing. I mean, it is The Fisherman. Is a giant fi......more

Goodreads review by Paul on July 01, 2016

One of my favorites of 2016 so far. And I blurbed it! Cue blurb! John Langan’s The Fisherman is literary horror at its sharpest and most imaginative. It’s at turns a quiet and powerfully melancholy story about loss and grief; the impossibility of going on in same manner as you had before. It’s also a......more

Goodreads review by Sadie on June 25, 2018

I've been meaning to read this book since I first heard it won a Bram Stoker award. Pro tip: If you're ever looking for good horror books to read, just go back and look at what was nominated and the winners of the Stokers or the Shirley Jackson awards. So The Fisherman! I had heard that people were ca......more

Goodreads review by Noah on April 03, 2023

Hi, so I was worried this would be one of those books that I liked looking like I liked, rather than actually… just liking it. Does that make any sense? Anyway, this is a book about fishermen. No really, it is! Oh yeah, I suppose it’s also about two coworkers, Abe and Dan, who both suffered tremendo......more

Goodreads review by Mindi on June 25, 2018

I'm not sure where to even begin with this review. Have you ever enjoyed a book so much that you're afraid you won't be able to articulate the experience? That's exactly how I feel right now. I absolutely loved this book, and it's definitely on my list of favorite books I read in 2018. I've been mean......more