Universal Harvester: A Review

6 March 20175 February 2020Leave a comment

The Mountain Goats lead singer John Darnielle is back with another nostalgic horror novel. Universal Harvester, the unrelated follow-up to Wolf in White Van, pitches readers into a VHS rental store in Iowa, where someone is taping cryptic and appalling scenes over the cassettes. Like its predecessor, Darnielle's second novel doesn't try to be flashy … Continue reading Universal Harvester: A Review

Wolf in White Van: A Review

14 May 20155 February 2020Leave a comment

It isn't often that a book I've only just read becomes an instant favorite. I tend to realize just how much I've enjoyed a novel only when I find myself recommending it to friend after friend after friend. It is perhaps because I can't do this with John Darnielle's Wolf in White Van that I … Continue reading Wolf in White Van: A Review

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Universal Harvester: A Review

Wolf in White Van: A Review