Big Bad Wool
Original title: Garou
Translated by Amy Bojang
First published 2009
Reception
- 2026 Shortlist
About the book
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With one solved mystery under their wooly belts, the time has come for the sheep of Glennkill to explore Europe. Together with their new shepherdess, Rebecca, they move into their winter quarters in the shadow of a French chateau. But their new home is far from idyllic. A number of sheep from a previous flock have disappeared, and deer are dying unnatural deaths in the forest. The strange goats from the neighboring pasture have a theory: a werewolf. Could that be real, or just a fantasy?
When a human falls victim, it becomes clear that even fantasies can be fatal. And the last thing the sheep want is to lose another shepherd. With the help of the goats next door, they follow the werewolf’s trail in a desperate attempt to save both themselves and Rebecca with sheep logic, courage, and woolpower.
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Catalogue record
Soho Press · 384 pages
- Publisher
- Soho Press
- Pages
- 384
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- Publisher
- Soho Press
- Pages
- 384
- Author
- Swann, Leonie, 1975–
- Statement
- Big Bad Wool / Leonie Swann ; translated by Amy Bojang.
- Records
- Open Library Wikidata
- Germany
- 2010s
- Thrillers
- Shepherds
- Crime against
- Murder
- Investigation
- Germanic literature
- Humor
- Animals
- German Literature
- Fantasy
- Ireland