audible does the right thing by telling us that THIS reading can be had 'only from audible', but then gives it a confusingly classical packaging that furher distracts possible listeners. maybe 'the paris werewolf' with an author's name like guy endore - per'aps pronounzed as in guee encore - does not sound sufficiently americain? possibly a 'loup garou from noo awlins' would have done more to establish the book as an AMERICAN classic. moreover, it is a perfect book in so many regards that i am completely baffled why it doesn't rank as a 20th century classic, at least as a twin to 'dracula'. I read somewhere that this book did for werewolves what 'dracula' did for vampires.

Stunning in its sexual frankness and eerie, fog-enshrouded visions, this audiobook was decidedly influential for the generations of horror and science fiction authors who came afterward. 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. 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. 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. The werewolf is one of the great iconic figures of horror in folklore, legend, film, and literature.

Endore's classic werewolf novel - now back in print for the first time in over forty years - helped define a genre and set a new standard in horror fiction.

The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore