Waterstones The Wolf and the Watchman
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Price: £9.99
Brand: Waterstones
Description: The year is 1793, Stockholm. King Gustav of Sweden has been assassinated, years of foreign wars have emptied the treasuries, and the realm is governed by a self-interested elite, leaving its citizens to suffer. On the streets, malcontent and paranoia abound. A body is found in the city's swamp by a watchman, Mickel Cardell, and the case is handed over to investigator Cecil Winge, who is dying of consumption. Together, Winge and Cardell become embroiled in a brutal world of guttersnipes and thieves, mercenaries and madams, and one death will expose a city rotten with corruption beneath its powdered and painted veneer. The Wolf and the Watchman depicts the capacity for cruelty in the name of survival or greed - but also the capacity for love, friendship, and the desire for a better world.
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Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781473682146
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ISBN: 9781473682146
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Author: Constant Reader
Rating: 5
Review: Delve into that part of you that has taught you disappointment. Multiple that across society and the rules put in place to rein in human excess. Accept that certain human traits are inviolable. This book is dark and unrelentingly so. It is not macabre but it does deal in grisly detail aspects of those interactions our current lives have sanitised. I was gripped by the realism and story, asking myself why I was so fascinated by the story and characters. Then it hit me. The Wolf and the Watchman is the best example of fear I have read—not the description of fear, but all the moving parts that underpin our personal and social lives. The dark, tactile world the author has created is as good a reflection of society as anything Dostoyevsky may have done. One might ask how a monster is created. The world creates its monsters. The rest of us, seemingly resilient, tremble deep within—while moving closer to the edge of a discontent that awaits a triggering event. This book is not for everyone. I found it enthralling and sobering in equal measures. A thoughtful book with many layers, masterfully crafted—so much so that I was compelled to write this review.
Author: Ventris Arden
Rating: 3
Review: If I'd wanted a novel seeped in darkness and remorselessly slicing at your sensibilities, I would have looked further into the genre, but I didn't, I was intrigued by the period that was Stockholm in the 1790s. It protrays a time when, up to your neck in excrement, your only hope was not to need to open your mouth.
