Synopsis
John Lundgren, a.k.a. Warlock, is an unemployment foundation executive whose life is about to become unhinged. After surviving a midlife crisis, Warlock finally decides to get a job. He soon discovers, however, that his new boss, Dr. Rabun, is no less evil than Professor Moriarty. Hired to troubleshoot for the doctor, Warlock himself battling poachers in the haunted wilderness of northern Michigan while also spying on his employer's wife and son in the seamy underside of Key West. A comedy with one foot in the abyss, "Warlock" is the singular literary entertainment from an American master.
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Johnny Lundgren, a.k.a. Warlock, is a failed pilot, an ex-portrait painter and a newly redundant company executive. The absence of gainful employment gives him time to indulge in his three obsessions – sex, food and the great outdoors – until his wife suspects that his midlife crisis is developing into insanity. Landing himself a job as an undercover sleuth and troubleshooter for the mysterious inventor, Dr Rabun, Warlock is thrown into a world of adventure and danger: battling poachers in the haunted wilderness of northern Michigan, receiving threats from the Mafia in the form of dead fish, and being left for shark bait by his employer's son...
A fast and furious black comedy from one of the most highly regarded of contemporary American writers, 'Warlock' is a powerful portrait of a man living on the edge.
Also available in Flamingo: 'The Woman Lit by Fireflies, A Good Day to Die, Legends of the Fall, Wolf,' and 'Farmer'
'He does honour to the old art of storytelling'
RAYMOND CARVER
'Provides pleasures of all sorts – farcical, reflective, luscious, gritty. It is stylish entertainment.'
NEW YORK TIMES
'Dashiell Hammett's low-rent realism made the mystery novel fun to read. 'Warlock' demonstrates that it is equally enjoyable to spoof.'
TIME
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