{"product_id":"fisherman","title":"Fisherman","description":"\u003ch2\u003e‘Illusory, frightening, and deeply moving, \u003cem\u003eThe Fisherman\u003c\/em\u003e is a modern horror epic. And it’s simply a must read’ Paul Tremblay\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn upstate New York, within the woods, Dutchman’s Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked and fast-moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen \u003cstrong\u003eAbe\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eDan\u003c\/strong\u003e, two widowers who have found solace in each other’s company and a shared passion for fishing, hear rumours of the Creek and what might be found there, the remedy to both their losses, they dismiss them. Soon, though, the men find themselves drawn into a tale as deep and old as the Reservoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt''s a tale of dark pacts, of long-buried secrets, and of a mysterious figure known as 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘An epic, yet intimate, horror novel. Langan channels M. R. James, Robert E. Howard and Norman Maclean. What you get is \u003cem\u003eA River Runs Through It\u003c\/em\u003e... straight to hell’ Laird Barron\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMore praise for \u003cem\u003eThe Fisherman\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Reading this, your mouth fills with worms. Just let them wriggle and crawl as they will, though—don’t swallow. John Langan is fishing for your sleep, for your soul. I fear he’s already got mine’ \u003cstrong\u003eStephen Graham Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘What starts as a slow, melancholy tale gains momentum and drops you head first into a churning nightmare from which you might escape, but you’ll never forget, and the memory of what you saw will change you forever’ \u003cstrong\u003eRichard Kadrey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eThe Fisherman\u003c\/em\u003e is a treasure, the kind of book you just want to snuggle up and shiver through. I can’t say enough good things about the confidence, the patience, the satisfying cumulative power of this book. It was a pleasure to read from the first page to the last’ \u003cstrong\u003eVictor LaValle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Stories within stories, folk tales becoming modern legends, all spinning into a fisherman’s tale about the one he wishes had gotten away. Langan’s latest is at turns epic and personal, dense yet compulsively readable, frightening but endearing’ \u003cstrong\u003eAdam Cesare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57397761737086,"sku":"NW9781804366493","price":10.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781804366493.jpg?v=1778605790","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/fisherman","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}