![]() Their enthusiastic loyalty contrasts with Jack’s bitter disdain for everything his father ever did. Though Jack despises the film and the memories it evokes, he requires the aid of a fan club devoted to his father’s work. Indeed, Bob’s personal failings overshadowed his son’s love for The Shadow Glass. Jack’s childhood dreams and nightmares erupt to life before his eyes in a way he hasn’t dared to imagine. The discovery that Bob was right all along sends Jack on a quest to save two worlds, and to reevaluate his father’s complicated life and legacy.Ī tense, atmospheric beginning gives way to thrilling suspense and action. But to Jack, Bob was a negligent alcoholic so immersed in his work that he became convinced that his puppet characters-and the magical realm they inhabited-were real. To the world, Jack’s father Bob was the beloved, eccentric creator of The Shadow Glass, a 1980s fantasy film and cult classic. Childhood nostalgia and resentment coalesce into a once-in-a-lifetime adventure in Josh Winning’s novel The Shadow Glass. ![]()
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