6/29/2023 0 Comments Wolf in white van![]() "I'd been working on it so long that it felt weird not to be working on anything, so I started typing something up, and it was what became the last chapter of Wolf in White Van. ĭarnielle started work on the novel the day after completing his previous book, Master of Reality. The title Wolf in White Van is a reference to the practice of backmasking, as the phrase "wolf in white van" can allegedly be heard when the Larry Norman song "Six, Sixty, Six" is played in reverse. Wolf in White Van received positive reviews on release and was nominated for the 2014 National Book Award. The novel has been described as a "meditation on the power of escape," exploring the escapist qualities of fantasy fiction and role-playing games, particularly as a way to cope with trauma. ![]() A fictional play-by-mail role-playing game called Trace Italian figures prominently in the novel. The plot, which is told non-chronologically, alternates among Sean's childhood, adolescence, and adulthood to describe the circumstances surrounding the incident that disfigured him. One reviewer characterizes Sean as someone "steeped in video games, bad sci-fi movies, and Conan the Barbarian comic books". Wolf in White Van tells the story of Sean Phillips, a reclusive game designer whose face has been severely disfigured. ![]() ![]() Wolf in White Van is the first novel by the American author and singer-songwriter John Darnielle. ![]()
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