Mother Howl [Paperback]

For fans of Eileen and The Only Good Indians

Compelling literary crime that follows the son of a serial murderer who changes his identity in a bid to escape his past.

Sixteen-year-old Lyle Edison recognizes the face of a murder victim on the nightly news – the waitress at his local diner. A place he often frequented with his dad. The following day his father is arrested and charged with her murder. And then eight further bodies are discovered.

Following the revelation that his dad is in fact a serial killer, Lyle is outcast and shunned. Forced to abandon his family, illegally obtaining a new identity, he moves away to start all over again.

Some years later, Lyle thinks he has finally moved on. But after several brushes with the law, Lyle’s past eventually catches up to him when a mysterious stranger known only as Icarus shows up and seems to know Lyle’s secret... Mother Howl is unlike anything you’ve read or will read. Truly a stunning work.
– Amina Akhtar, author of Kismet

Dubbed “neo-noir,” Clevenger’s book is brilliant, original, and genre defying, veering from the mundane to the truly bizarre and from dark hopelessness to strangely hopeful.
– Booklist, starred review

“Clevenger’s riveting, fearless and unshakeable Mother Howl is noir from the cold side of the sun, where Icarus is gravity’s assassin and every search for the self leads through a black star.”
&ndash; Steve Erickson, author of Shadowbahn <lC’