![]() ![]() In particular, it lacks the distinctive voice Langan gives to Abe. While this second part is nearly stand-alone and full of rich images, it eats up the middle 150 pages of the 266 page novel without hitting the same emotional tone as the introduction. However, that content does allow Abe’s narrative to be something more than an intriguing novella.Īfter Abe sets the scene, the second, longer part of the novel is a several-times secondhand recounting of events that occur well before the frame story. While he is presented as the primary, first-person focus of The Fisherman, Abe’s life shortly becomes the frame for another tale that is a thinly disguised, massive exposition dump. But Abe and his experiences are made to serve double-duty. ![]() Abe’s tale ventures from his personal history into local history, then local folklore, and then deep into the occult and supernatural. ![]() He is the novel’s widowed narrator, recollecting why he began fishing and what eventually made him stop. Told in three parts, The Fisherman begins by introducing the languid, convincingly-realized Abe. While not perfectly balanced between those points, The Fisherman is a well-written and emotionally engaging work. Unexpectedly, the story manages to be both intimate in its telling and sweeping in its possible implications. The Fisherman by John Langan is a quietly disturbing novel of loss, black sorcery, and regret. ![]()
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