The Howling

By Gary Brandner,

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This is it! Gary Brandner's famous book, "THE HOWLING." A must read!

"If you haven't read Gary Brandner you're missing a treat."
STEPHEN KING.

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Karyn and her husband Roy had come to the peaceful California village of Drago to escape the savagery of the city. On the…

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1 author picked The Howling as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is one of my favorite werewolf movies, and it’s based on a really good short novel. In the book, Karyn is a housewife who is attacked by the apartment caretaker rather than a semi-famous TV news reporter, like in the movie. While not as exciting and lacking some of the suspense of the cat-and-mouse opening of the movie, this seems more realistic to me. There’s no warning. It’s just an average day, and suddenly, this innocent woman is brutally attacked and left traumatized in a way that redefines the rest of her life.

Less believable is how she randomly…

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