Author: John Gardner
Cover artist: Michael Leonard
Illustrated by: Emil Antonucci
Estimated value: a few bucks
[Happy belated Halloween!]
[Wraparound! Medieval King Kong's got some flexible toes.]
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I snatch up a stone and hurl it. It smashes his mouth, spraying out teeth, and penetrates to the jugular. He drops to his knees, gets up again. The air is sweet with the scent of his blood. Death shakes his body the way high wind shakes trees. He climbs toward me. I snatch up a stone.
~RP
Is this the same John Gardner who wrote the James Bond novels? I loved those!! I wouldn't mind taking a gander at this book.
ReplyDeleteOh, no. No.
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I used to own this, way back when! Good book. Not great, but very good. A twisted look at a legend. And a VERY cool cover.
ReplyDeleteHow can a thrown rock both smash teeth AND slice the jugular? And then the animal keeps coming?
ReplyDeleteRemember this from my Dad's bookshelf — an amazing, evocative cover.
ReplyDeleteRead it years later and, well …
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