Brendan Wolf

by Brian Malloy

Hardcover, 2007

Status

Available

Call number

PS3613.A454

Publication

St. Martin's Press (2007), Edition: 1st, Hardcover, 304 pages

Description

Who is Brendan Wolf? It all depends on who you ask. * To the staff of a Minneapolis nursing home, he's the devoted partner of a much older man who's recently suffered a debilitating stroke. * To the women of a conservative, Christian pro-life organization, he's the tireless volunteer grieving over the recent loss of his wife and their unborn child. * To one gay activist, he's the unaffectedly charming, yet directionless and unemployed man that he's fallen hopelessly in love with * To his brother and his brother's wife, he's the lynchpin of a scam that will net them enough money to start their lives over somewhere new. * To the general public, he's an armed and dangerous fugitive All of these people - and yet none of them - Brendan Wolf is an ambivalent lover, reluctant conspirator, counterfeit Christian, and, most of all, an unemployed daydreamer obsessed with a dead man. From the author of the award-winningThe Year of Ice, this is a tour-de-force - a compelling, hilarious, heart-breaking novel about one utterly typical, and completely original, figure: Brendan Wolf.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member periwinklejane
I read INTO THE WOODS a while back and wondered, "Who would envy Alexander Supertramp?" Brendan Wolf is that guy. He's full of hope but constantly making bad choices, just like his hero. This was a very compelling read. I stayed up too late to find out what would happen next.

Awards

Publishing Triangle Awards (Finalist — 2008)

Language

Physical description

304 p.; 8.27 inches

ISBN

0312359764 / 9780312359768

Local notes

OCLC = 267
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Other editions

Brendan Wolf by Brian Malloy (Hardcover)

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