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Hawk Mountain: A Novel Hardcover – July 5, 2022

by Conner Habib (Author)
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 286 ratings
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Named a Best Crime and Thriller of the Year by The Guardian and Irish Times

An English teacher is gaslit by his charismatic high school bully in this tense story of deception, manipulation, and murder.

Single father Todd is relaxing at the beach with his son, Anthony, when he catches sight of a man approaching from the water’s edge. As the man draws closer, Todd recognizes him as Jack, who bullied Todd relentlessly in their teenage years but now seems overjoyed to have “run into” his old friend. Jack suggests a meal to catch up. And can he spend the night?

What follows is a fast-paced story of obsession and cunning. As Jack invades Todd’s life, pain and intimidation from the past unearth knife-edge suspense in the present. Set in a small town on the New England coast, Conner Habib’s debut introduces characters trapped in isolation by the expansive woods and the encroaching ocean, their violence an expression of repressed desire and the damage it can inflict. Both gruesome and tender, Hawk Mountain offers a compelling look at how love and hate are indissoluble, intertwined until the last breath.

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  6. ISBN-10
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Tender, Horrifying, Utterly Transfixing--Kelly Link

A bleak, dark Adrenaline Rush--Clive Barker

Dripping with menace from the first page...utterly enthralling. Liz Nugent

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"Habib ramps up the paranoia to Highsmithian levels."
― Laura Wilson, Guardian

"A supremely tense debut, Conner Habib’s Hawk Mountain channels Patricia Highsmith by way of Hitchcock....Habib builds the sense of dread with slow, carefully meted out notes of obsession and intuition."
― CrimeReads

"So, so dark. I loved it. Pure tension. A great book."
― Anthony Jeselnik, The Jeselnik & Rosenthal Vanity Project

"A menacing page-turner....Habib has created a small but visceral world, terrifying in its realism and heartbreaking in its portrayal. Gaslighting, masculinity and cycles of abuse are all skillfully handled in a story that is, to put it lightly, not for the faint of heart."
― Andrea Cleary, Business Post Ireland

"This masterful debut explores the darkest matter with a surprising and unnerving relatability and is a page-turner in the most classic sense."
― Lisa Connell, Gay Community News

"There's a lot going on here and Habib skilfully manages to juggle it all, entangling the reader in a gripping narrative, one we can identify more with as each page turns."
― Pat Carty, Hot Press

"Impossible to put down....Conner Habib has written a debut novel which has the style, elevated prose and assurance of a much more experienced novelist."
― Susan McKeever, Books Ireland

"Conner Habib’s debut novel is a bleak, dark adrenaline rush."
― Clive Barker

"Dripping with menace from the first page, this story of childhood enemies meeting up fifteen years later is utterly enthralling.… [C]ompelling, shocking, and beautiful."
― Liz Nugent, author of Lying in Wait

"Tender, horrifying, utterly transfixing."
― Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble

"A deeply disturbing yet, somehow, soaring novel I won’t soon forget. It plumbs the depths of traumatized characters trapped within our damaging culture. I couldn’t look away, even when I was looking from between my fingers."
― Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Pallbearers Club

"The opening lines of Hawk Mountain plummet you into an atmosphere of creeping dread and precarious restraint that won’t let up until the final, shocking moments."
― Caitlin Doughty, bestselling author of Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

"Hawk Mountain is deft horror, made of precise strikes into our most vulnerable psychic terrain… Finally, a horror story that knows cisheteropatriarchy is the villain!"
― Andrea Lawlor, author of Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl

"Conner Habib writes with [a] hallucinatory precision, and a kind of merciless humanity, about the poisonous work of repression. His forebears―Poe, Highsmith, even classical tragedy―are clear, but his originality is clearer still. Hawk Mountain is a work of strange, glittering darkness."
― Mark O’Connell, author of Notes from an Apocalypse

"A brilliantly disturbing, expertly crafted literary noir that will stick with you long after you put it down. Conner Habib has written a flawless meditation on the fruitless, but eternally human, effort to kill off the parts of ourselves we cannot love―literally and metaphorically. I love this book."
― Sara Gran, author of The Infinite Blacktop

"A moving and unflinching portrayal of a man caught in a trap of his own making, but willing to do almost anything―to almost anybody―if it will keep him from having to face up to himself. Hawk Mountain is a wonderfully bleak and beautifully written debut."
― Brian Evenson, author of Song for the Unraveling of the World

"Habib’s unique examination of his flawed and fascinating characters as the victims and sources of violence is both disturbing and insightful. ...With haunting prose and deeply atmospheric descriptions, Hawk Mountain is a disturbing descent into the convulsions of the human mind and heart."
― Maya Fleischmann, BookPage

"Habib brings rich psychological insight to his characters, expertly observing how the conflicts of youth persist into Todd and Jack’s present. …[T]his dramatic tale soars."
― Publishers Weekly

"The tension is palpable on every page, and Habib skillfully illustrates the complexity of relationships and the pain of unmet desires, both queer and otherwise. His prose is as brutal as it is profound and beautiful. …A brutal and gorgeous tale of manipulation, control, and desire."
― Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"This heart-pounding thriller will have readers furiously turning pages…this gorgeous debut affirms [Habib’s] stunning gift for dissecting humanity."
― Booklist (starred review)

About the Author

Conner Habib hosts the podcast Against Everyone with Conner Habib, which features in-depth conversations on topics as broad as punk rock, philosophy, fiction, and occultism. His writing has appeared in multiple online and print magazines. He lives in Ireland.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company (July 5, 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393542173
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393542172
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.9 x 1.2 x 8.6 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Swizzles
5.0 out of 5 stars This book gave me lots of feelings !!
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2022
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I just closed the book and I found myself crying and just .. devastated.

This was a hard book to read because it built up so much anxiety in me and really the descriptions are … oof … very challenging if you are not used to the horror genre (I am not).

The author really went there … To a place that often stays dormant in our minds. And it’s purposeful and intense.

I could feel the psychological torment of Todd’s character. The record of memory caught on a loop playing the highlight real of all the worst moments and god was it relatable !

I related to ALL the characters, actually. I found myself wanting to protect each person at some point yet also being disgusted by the wounds they carried.
I felt my inner bully meeting my inner victim and the tension that created was nauseating.

Conner Habib has a poetic and distinct writing style that is both direct and secretive (it whispers). Some of the visual descriptions were breath taking and left me smiling at his ability to make words sing in such a lovely way that I went “Ahh yes that’s it!”

I still feel emotional as I write this. This is probably a very weird review. This book just found a way to gnaw at something then unlock something so horrific and human … yet it also managed to repress it fully at the same time.

Hawk Mountain : I will probably not return to it ever again because it was so painful, but I will never forget it. This is meant to be a compliment, as most things in life are pretty forgettable. Good job.
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Elaine
4.0 out of 5 stars Depressing
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2022
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Not sure what to say about this book other than it was depressing, and actually frustrating. All I know is that middle school and high school are terrible times for a lot of kids, if not most, and elementary school isn’t much better. Kids are just plain mean af. And that meanness can and usually does have devastating consequences on the kids it’s aimed at, short and long term. Keep your kids close, teach them yourself if you’re able, expose them to life yourself because what is called socialization in schools is really a nice way of saying learn how to put up with mean people because you’ll come across them your whole life. That’s not the answer, keep your kids away from the maladjusted mean kids, it’s not worth the pain and humiliation they will experience for the 12 years of school (i.e. prison) they’re subjected to. Even the good kids who are at the receiving end of the bullying can and sometimes do become the same people who were mean to them. It’s a vicious cycle.
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Charles Rhodes
5.0 out of 5 stars When bullying and love mix
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2023
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Disclaimer: I have liked Conner Habib for many years, though I've never met him.

How many of us had bullies? How many had complicated emotions toward our bullies? I think that is the main focus of the novel.

Todd, the main protagonist, remembers his pain, without obvious nuance, inflicted on him by his Bully, Jack, and how that gave all his fellow high schoolers permission to bully him, too.

A couple of decades later Todd is a single father, abandoned with his son, Anthony, by his ex-wife. Jack shows up, without a reason, it seems, and starts a campaign, using Anthony as his ticket, to be in Todd's life. Todd interprets it as more bullying, but you'll need to read it to find out.

It is a tough read but we'll worth it. As most guys, I'm sure Habib experienced bullying in school. I remember mine and the hate and desire I had for some of them (and remember not all bullies are boys). Habib's handling of this is superb, and shocking. The language is beautiful, the plot clear, the characters interesting. If there is a place for improvement it would be more clearly exposing Jack's love for Todd.

But then many will disagree with me, and that's just life. I hope you read and enjoy
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P. E. Baker
3.0 out of 5 stars debut novel
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2022
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Rather strange story about a single dad raising his young son trying to sort thru his younger not recognized gay life.. most disturbing is the dead of Jack & his body hacked into pieces & disposed into the ocean..
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Andrea G
2.0 out of 5 stars Abandoned
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2023
This is well-written, but so unbelievable that I had to stop reading it. If your childhood bully came back, found you and your kid, infiltrated your home and started replacing you, would you let it happen? No, then you are not the audience for this book. You must suspend disbelief and live with a guy giving off serial killer vibes.
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Bryan
5.0 out of 5 stars Woah just wow
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2024
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Woah, dare I say best book I've read hope there's a part 2 but I doubt can't wait for the next book from Conner
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Jayme Nicole
4.0 out of 5 stars Confused Feelings On This One
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2022
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I am still thinking about this book 3 days after finishing it. I honestly don't know if I liked it or not? I read it fast and had a hard time putting it down but it was quite disturbing and unsettling. I wish the ending was more drawn out.... feels like it ends abruptly without more explanation. Not sure if I would recommend it or not. Read at your own risk! Lol
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CHERYL B
5.0 out of 5 stars A Haunting Tale!
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2022
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This is the first book by this author. It is about a boy, Todd, and the man he becomes. The first part is like reading two books at the same time. First you get a chapter from his childhood. And you get a chapter when he is an adult. They switch back and forth. This gives you the history that is needed to understand the present. Until it takes a sharp turn. And things become strange. I don’t want to give too much away. But this is like reading an episode of “The Twilight Zone.” You never know what will happen next. And I loved it.
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Caley1962
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully written
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 12, 2023
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Perfect insight into how actions in the past and repressed emotions can impact on the rest of a person's life and the people in it. This story will stay with me for a long time
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