Of course, with dark fiction, things take a horrific turn. Abe is instantly likeable, instantly feels like a character you’ve always known and his ache and grief fills you with ache and grief.
Langan does such a stellar job of showing a man just trying to carry on with his life, especially when the life he expected for himself and for his future, have been ripped away. After another worker, Dan, also deals with lost love, the two of them strike up a friendship based on casting lines, catching fish and not speaking what rests just at the back of their tongues.Īs time goes on, Dan, emboldened by some hidden discovery prompts the two of them to fish at this mysterious spot. After dealing with some of his grief, he finds he loves fishing. What I liked: The story follows Abe, a solid, dependable worker at IBM who finally falls in love, only to have that taken from him. Langan is a stunning writer, absolutely, and operating on a completely different level than most, but his writing is also accessible and flows with such ease that you’d think your grandfather was telling you this story. I often worry about ‘literary’ horror in that I’ll be out of my depth with great/massive concepts and metaphors etc that I’ll not understand what’s going on and DNF because I can’t grasp the deeper meanings.įor anyone else who has this worry about this book – fear not.
I honestly wasn’t sure what to expect reading ‘The Fisherman.’ In fact, I was so intimidated by this book that for many years I didn’t even purchase it, believing whole-heartedly that I wouldn’t be a smart enough reader to digest this.
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