![]() ![]() He appears human, though one of his eyes is a wolf’s, but he’s usually called “Tracker” for his “nose:” a magic sense of smell. The latter, our narrator, is under interrogation about a lost boy, and his answers unfold as shaggy-dog tales, or rather shaggy-monster. The novel’s a wild rumpus, with wild things of all kinds galumphing through multiple storylines, but at its center are the adventures of Leopard and Wolf. I’d be surprised if I’m not in for the long haul. ![]() Martin’s Game of Thrones), yet in Black Leopard, Red Wolf, the phantasmagoria had me entranced. ![]() Now Marlon James has launched his own “Dark Star” series, with Black Leopard, Red Wolf. He’s cited the Rings trilogy as an inspiration (as well as George R. The fiction allows us to see our world anew. Jemisin’s “The Broken Earth” trilogy, for instance, travels unfamiliar landscapes but raises challenges we know all too well-a society suffering pernicious inequality on a planet whose environment’s been ravaged by its inhabitants. If I’m going to read a contemporary reframing of the saga form, I want one with contemporary resonance. To me it tastes like Elder Edda Lite, and long since gone flat. I’ve never cared for The Lord of the Rings. ![]()
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