![]() ![]() ![]() After years of work on Scowler, I had almost convinced myself that Marvin was just a misunderstood fellow whose poor decisions originated from an honest longing for success and respect. Marvin is a "monster?" Yeah, I suppose that's true. "Marvin Burke is one of the great monsters of literature, a figure of immense, credible terror and savagery." – Cory Doctorow, Boing Boingĭoctorow is talking about my new novel, Scowler, and though I'm tickled by his kind words, the first time I read them, they took me by surprise. It is risky behavior to begin an essay with praise for your own book, but lemme do it anyway: Here, Kraus reveals to Bookish the literary villains he loves the most. In Daniel Kraus's latest book, Scowler, the protagonist, Ry, has to conquer a big baddie-his own father-who is seemingly devoted to destroying his son's life. ![]()
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