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A New York Times Bestseller. Nominated for the National Book Award, Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction, and Winner of the Alex Award, "One of the Most Compelling Books of the Year" (Blake Butler, Vice) Beautifully written and unexpectedly moving, John Darnielle's Wolf in White Van is "an indelible novel, a hymn for those who inhabit lonely universes, and a harbor for anyone who has sought refuge in a reality other than their own" (Patrick deWitt). Wolf in White Van (), the debut novel of songwriter John Darnielle, tells the story of a man with a disfigurement who creates virtual worlds for others to enjoy, but who, when the game becomes real and tragedy strikes, must confront why he withdrew from society. The book received widespread critical praise and is popular with general readers. It won the ALA Alex Award in , and it received nominations for the National Book Award for Fiction and the Debut-Litzer Award for Fiction. Wolf in White Van refers to the cryptic phrases supposedly revealed by listening to records backwards, which those of us old enough to get all the pop culture references in this book will recall was one of the big moral panics incited by Christian evangelicals back in the 80s. In one of many scenes described by the first-person narrator, Sean, in this non-linear novel, he actually calls one of those evangelical stations, as a child, during their "prayer hour," to ask about this phenomena.
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