The Werewolf of Paris: A Novel
By Guy Endore
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The werewolf is one of the great iconic figures of horror in folklore, legend, film, and literature. And connoisseurs of horror fiction know that The Werewolf of Paris is a cornerstone work, a masterpiece of the genre that deservedly ranks with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Endore’s classic novel has not only withstood the test of time since it was first published in 1933, but it boldly used and portrayed elements of sexual compulsion in ways that had never been seen before, at least not in horror literature. In this gripping work of historical fiction, Endore’s werewolf, an outcast named Bertrand Caillet, travels across pre-Revolutionary France seeking to calm the beast within. Stunning in its sexual frankness and eerie, fog-enshrouded visions, this novel was decidedly influential for the generations of horror and science fiction authors who came afterward.
Guy Endore
A Hollywood screenwriter who collaborated on scripts like Mark of the Vampire, as well as receiving an Oscar nomination for The Story of G.I. Joe, Guy Endore also wrote several novels, including Nightmare and King of Paris. A cult favorite of fans of horror, he is best known for The Werewolf of Paris, which occupies a significant position in werewolf literature, much in the same way that Dracula does for vampire literature. Guy Endore died in 1970.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An influential werewolf novel written by Guy Endore in the 1930s which was the source for the classic hammer Horror film "The Curse Of The Werewolf". This is a well written and engaging story of how and why the main character has been afflicted with lycanthropy and the subsequent attempts by both his adpoted uncle and eventually himself to find a cure. Although in some respects the narrative could be viewed as rather tame by todays standards, the author's portrayal of the werewolf as a feral beast with an uncontrollable blood-lust results in a number of rather disturbing topics being covered including cannibalism. In summary this is must read for fans of classic horror fiction.Unfortunately as the book has only been re-printed infrequently, even well read paperback copies command relatively high prices.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I feel like this had a lot of potential to be great but fell short. The most interesting parts of the story were left inconclusive. But it had some moments.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The narrator of this novel is communicating the story of Bertrand, a young man inflicted with lycanthropy. He found a defense statement written by Bertrand's adoptive uncle Aymar and turned it into this novel. The story follows Bertrand's ancestry and violent conception. Aymar's hypothesis is that people with weak spirits can be possessed by the spirits of wolves. He tries to tame Bertrand without success. Once Bertrand has the taste for human blood there is no turning back.None of the characters in this novel has any redeeming qualities. Bertrand comes across as a weak idiot who lives in denial most of the time. He lets his lusts control him. You never feel sorry for his affliction. His uncle doesn't care much for Bertrand even as a child. He tries to educate him, but you never get the impression that he shows him any love or affection. Aymar treats him like a dog and it only makes things worse. Everyone Bertrand comes in contact with is doomed as though they are cursed by even the most fleeting contact with him. When you start to think that true love will cure him you find out that he has corrupted his lover as well.The over the top gore and long narrative passages made this novel a disappointing read. Some of the cannibalistic sections were so over played that I found them funny. The idiot Bertrand kills a friend of his on the road to Paris and is horrified at first, then later down the road he gets peckish and remarks that he should have taken the dead man's arm with him to snack on later. Near the end of the story the author ads an anti-war theme by describing the atrocities of the Franco-Prussian War and compares man's in-humanity to man to werewolfism. I read this novel when I found out it was the basis for the Hammer Studios film "The Curse of the Werewolf." This is an unusual case of the movie being better than the book. I suggest skipping the book and watching the movie instead.A warning to anyone reading this as a kindle book, the formatting is lousy. Every page has a miss-spelled word. One character named Mrs. Didier is turned into Mrs. Dither which is kind of funny, but I'm sure not what the author intended.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Written in 1933, this is surprisingly engaging. The introductory chapter, the first person account of an American finding a discarded manuscript, frames the main third person story about the werewolf, Bertrand Caillet. Set in France in the late 19th Century, the story reads as surprisingly modern. This is to werewolves what Dracula is to vampires, filled with lots of werewolf lore. The novel doesn't gloss over the original legendary nature of werewolves as savage, uncontrollable and dangerous, not just smexy men running in a pack with a furry problem... Its what I appreciated in the book more than anything. It's hard to find straight-up horror these days. Vampires sparkle, and werewolves are mannerly professors or suave sophisticates, so I enjoyed finding one that's an out and out monster, mad, bad, and dangerous to know. There are risque and disturbing elements--rape, incest, etc, yet the story is shot through with dark humor. The secondary characters are finely drawn and the historical backdrop of the Franco-Prussian War and Paris Commune intriguing.