THE GARGOYLE
by Andrew Davidson
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
Publisher: Random House Canada
ISBN: 978-0-307-35677-2 (0-307-35677-9)
Pub Date: August 5, 2008
From http://www.booklounge.ca/:
The Gargoyle, the debut novel of Canadian author Andrew Davidson, has already set the international literary world ablaze this summer and it isn’t on sale until August 5, 2008. (The Gargoyle will be publishing in 23 countries). Those who have read it have described it as the love-child of Palahniuk and Ondaatje; a modern-day Inferno that is wickedly funny at times, and tragically poignant at others (click here to read an excerpt). A sweeping tale of love that transcends time and physical space, The Gargoyle is also an experiment in sanity, suffering, and sacrifice.
We asked Davidson about his inspiration. He replied: “I imagine that everyone has had a relationship end and experienced the feeling of having ‘been burned.’ It is a clichéd image, to be sure, but it is a cliché because it is apt and true. I was intrigued by the idea of a relationship that did not end with the feeling of being burned, but one that began with such a feeling – taken to the most literal level.” (click here for the rest of the interview)
For the release of The Gargoyle, check out www.BurnedByLove.com, a site devoted to exploring the intensity of love, both good and bad, featuring a series of video clips of people sharing their most intense love story. In Episode One, a young woman tells the story of her disastrous marriage, one which cost her a good friend. Episode two celebrates the whirlwind romance of a pair of metal-heads.