![]() ![]() The novel is narrated by Snuff, a much smarter-than-average dog who is the loyal companion and assistant to a man named Jack, who has a particular aptitude with knives. I first learned about the book from the io9 post linked above back in 2018, and decided to read it this way myself. This has led fans to observe the tradition of reading it one chapter a night over the Halloween month. The book tells the story of one particularly tumultuous October, and it has 32 chapters: one for each day of the month, plus an introductory chapter. Despite the high praise it received, it went out of print rather quickly and might have remained in obscurity except for dedicated fans who kept its spirit alive until it finally received it well-deserved reprinting. ![]() This post is a summary of my thoughts of that charming experience!īefore I share my thoughts on the novel, a little background: this was Zelazny’s last novel, and the one that he considered his best work. So, just before October began, I declared my plan to read Roger Zelazny’s A Night in the Lonesome October (1993) in the way that a lot of dedicated fans do: one chapter per day. ![]()
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