Jack Wolf is currently studying for a Ph.D. and is at work on his second novel. He lives in the United Kingdom.
"Evokes historical fiction such as Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan
Strange & Mr Norrell, Andrew Miller’s Ingenious Pain, and Peter
Ackroyd’s Hawksmoor. The Tale of Raw head and Bloody Bones,
Jack Wolf’s debut novel, can stand alongside these modern
classics. This is an extraordinarily controlled and artful
book."—Financial Times
"Wolf's first novel plays on readers' fears of death, demons, pain,
and insanity while challenging us to question our assumptions about
love and sex, joy and grief, and reality
itself."—Booklist
"[A] lively, visceral tale… at times ravaging, revealing, and
primeval… ’tis a tale that will make you acutely aware of how
madness descends—and inexorably pull you into its clutches."—New
York Journal of Books
"Written in first-person person period language (compleat
with capitalized Nouns and idiosyncratic Spelnygs), it's hard to
believe this is Wolf's debut novel. The 18th-century pastiche is
skilfully executed and wholly absorbing; imagination abounds and
the imagery is high-def vivid… Completely engrossing… Highly
recommended."
—Historical Novel Society
"Definitely one of the more unique, if not the most unique, fantasy
novels of 2013, a welcome change from the more flashy, but less
substantial, blockbusters of the genre."—Darkeva's Dark
Delights
"Tristan's sadistic flights of fancy make for consciously creepy
reading but this knowingly warped tale about a journey into a
disturbed psyche offers more than gratuitous horror. Instead,
Wolf's sure hand with Hart's arcane voice and intelligent control
of material including medical history and strange folklore results
in a thrilling tale of transgression"
—Metro (UK)
"This gloriously over-egged pudding of a first novel is set in
1750, and crammed with chunks of history, philosophy and folklore
... Wolf is a superb storyteller who sucks the reader into his
fascinating imagination."
—The Times (UK)
"Thrilling . . . extraordinary . . . Jack Wolf delivers his tale
with passion, precision and poetry. Those of strong stomach and
vivid imagination will find glittering delights in here."
—The Guardian (UK)
“Tristan Hart...is among the most striking and memorable
anti-heroes to have appeared in recent British fiction. ”
—Times Literary Supplement
“This rollicking mash-up of the scientific and the supernatural,
the rational and loony, is by turns funny, moving, delicate and
quite horrific. A terrific debut.”
—The Daily Mail
"Tristan bears a resemblance to Patrick Suskind's Jean-Baptiste
Grenouille, but he is far more complicated and captivating as the
protagonist. There's an earnestness that lies beneath his brutish
nature, which surfaces unexpectedly and lures the reader into the
murky depths of his mental anguish. Wolf's fearless debut confronts
opposing forces such as good and evil, knowledge and ignorance, and
sanity and madness head-on. The narrative is thick with expectation
and keeps the reader on tenterhooks throughout. This clever
roller-coaster ride will challenge your reasoning, shake your
senses and keep you awake at night."
—welovethisbook.com
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