Wolf Point

by Edward Falco

Tom “T” Walker, a 57-year-old businessman, knows better than to pick up a beautiful young woman hitchhiking with her dangerous-looking boyfriend, but he stops for them anyway. He’s been living alone, his life ruinously off course, in such utter isolation from everyone he has ever loved that he welcomes the company and the excitement. But as T finds himself pulled into the chaos of their world in a way he will barely survive, he comes to see his personal history and experiences in an altered and troubling light.

Edward Falco brings stunning emotional depth and tense action to unforgettable characters as they journey through the mundane world to places where illusions fail and they must face their hidden selves.

Genres: Fiction

240 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2005

Reviews

[Philip · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not a good read by far. 100 pages all that it took to end the facade as it crumbles. The title used by many authors still scratching my head.

[Dave · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just a fun, breezy read — a beach read, if you will. A 50-something picking up a couple of dubious hitchhikers on the lam in upstate NY from drug dealers in the South stretches the suspension of disbelief when our wealthy protagonist sort-of-doesn't hook-up with the hot 23-year-old girl. I knew it wasn't Philip Roth but it kept me interested enough to see it through.

Oh yeah, the protagonist is a Syracuse grad and the story treads some familiar ground, probably why this advance copy ended up on my desk eight years ago.

[Randy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ehhh... Not feeling this story about a late middle-aged man who has a faux love affair with a girl a third his age that he picks up hitchhiking and the reckless weekend he spends with her and her drug-dealing former boyfriend. Comes across to me as a lot of wishful thinking mixed with forced ruminations regarding life, family, and perspective. The prose is clean and direct. But the story leaves me cold.

[Juliana Gray · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fun, smart, literary thriller. It starts with a premise so simple it feels like a cliche-- man picks up hitchhikers, trouble ensues-- but Falco is clever enough to anticipate and avoid the tropes and pitfalls that a lesser author might fall prey to. It's a quick read, but a very engaging one.

[Sonya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautifully written meditation on crimes of passion and the meaning and implications of art. Published by one of my favorite presses, Unbridled Books.

[Brian · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty verbose treatment of what could have been a more suspenseful story. I was bored by the end and skipped over the more cerebral passages, looking for some action.

[Lori]

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[Bonnie Odin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ending was good, but I'm not sure I "bought" the journey. It was well-written, which kept me moving.

[Huluriasquias · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delightful little story. The aspect I liked most is how EF manages to keep the ambiguity of the situation open until near the end of the book.

[Delrea Good · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's one of those books that will stay with me awhile. I was pleasantly surprised how Tom's view of the picture he down loaded changed.

[Wendy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book immediately hooked me in - not especially cerebral but quirky and interesting. A very quick and satisfying read....

[Joanne · Rating 1 out of 5]

An airport read. Unintentionally funny.