The Gargoyle is already the most hyped debut novel of the year. Penned by Andrew Davidson, a 39-year-old native of Winnipeg in Canada, the book is not the regular run-of-the-mill first-time effort from a promising newbie. The Gargoyle is expected to smash records and the publishers are backing the book to the hilt with a substantial worldwide marketing campaign.

In the coming months, we are going to be hearing a lot about Andrew Davidson and his book concerning a cynical and vain drug-addled porn star burned to a crisp in horrible car accident. While on the slow painful road to recovery, the now-suicidal ex-porn star meets an apparently crazy gargoyle sculptor, who claims she’s known him for 700 years dating back to her time as a nun in a medieval German monastery. OK?
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And here’s what the NY Times book review has to say about The Gargoyle.