Their experiences are truly horrific but become bittersweet in the relationship they share as a result. It runs deep through the novel and, just as in real life, finds new ways to rear its head when it is least expected. Langan captures the essence of loss with heartbreaking deft. The two commiserate over their loss and Abe shows Dan his secret coping skill – fishing.ĭan and Abe’s grief is palpable. When Abe’s coworker, Dan, loses his wife and child in a car accident Abe steps in to help console him. Told from the perspective of Abe, a man who lost his wife to cancer, The Fisherman revolves around a friendship forged from grief and, of all things, fishing. Langan’s novel is a slow burn tale of cosmic horror in the vein of H.P. John Langan melds these two worlds, nightmarish monsters and the inevitable horror of loss, in his chilling second novel The Fisherman. As an adult the only fear I have left (aside from sharks in the swimming pool of course) is losing my loved ones. As a child my head was filled with the most fantastical fears monsters under the bed, beasts lurking in the shadows, sharks in the swimming pool.
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