Working for Bigfoot
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4.6 • 254 Ratings
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
Chicago wizard-for-hire Harry Dresden is used to mysterious clients with long hair and legs up to here. But when it turns out the long hair covers every square inch of his latest client’s body, and the legs contribute to a nine-foot height, even the redoubtable detective realizes he’s treading new ground. Strength of a River in His Shoulders is one of the legendary forest people, a Bigfoot, and he has a problem that only Harry can solve. His son Irwin is a scion, the child of a supernatural creature and a human. He’s a good kid, but the extraordinary strength of his magical aura has a way of attracting trouble.
In the three novellas that make up Working For Bigfoot, collected together for the first time here, readers encounter Dresden at different points in his storied career, and in Irwin’s life. As a middle-schooler, in “B Is for Bigfoot,” Irwin attracts the unwelcome attention of a pair of bullying brothers who are more than they seem, and when Harry steps in, it turns out they have a mystical guardian of their own. At a fancy private high school in “I Was a Teenage Bigfoot,” Harry is called in when Irwin grows ill for the first time, and it’s not just a case of mono. Finally, Irwin is all grown up and has a grown-up’s typical problems as a freshman in college in “Bigfoot on Campus,” or would have if typical included vampires.
New York Times bestseller Jim Butcher explores the responsibilities of fatherhood and the difficulties of growing up with the elements Dresden Files fans crave—detection, adventure, humor, and magic.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Butcher emphasizes the lighter side of his Chicago-based wizard PI, Harry Dresden, in this collection of three novellas with a common client, a Sasquatch known as River Shoulders. In "B Is for Bigfoot," River Shoulders hires Harry to look out for the Sasquatch's half-human son, Irwin, who is unaware of the truth of his parentage. Irwin, an elementary school student, is the target of bullies, who prove to be motivated by more than just ordinary cruelty. Having successfully resolved that problem, Harry is again approached by River Shoulders when Irwin is taken ill with a mysterious malady as a teenager in "I Was a Teenage Bigfoot." In the concluding section, "Bigfoot on Campus," River Shoulders fears that his now college-age son is in danger. Butcher leavens classic hard-boiled first-person narration ("She was blond, about five-foot-six, and my logical mind told me that every inch of her was a bad idea") with humor in these amuse-bouches aimed squarely at longtime fans.
Customer Reviews
Working For Bigfoot
The first two short stories a a bit sparse on the typical 'Harry Dresden world' details but they are after all, ‘short stories’ so I’ve no quibble with them.
Bigfoot On Campus, a novella, is much more in the vein of Mr. Butcher’s Dresden novels and didn’t disappoint. Here we get more of a look at River Shoulders and his magic. It isn’t Peace Talks but I feel my $6.99 was well spent and I’ll be reading “Working For Bigfoot” again, with pleasure.
Working for Bigfoot
I have read all his books and very much enjoy both his style and creativity. Working for Bigfoot was an entertaining read, but definitely not his best work. Seemed rushed and disjointed.
Working for Bigfoot
$6.99 for a novella that was probably thrown together to meet a contract requirement is a slap in the face to fans. I expected more from Jim Butcher. He seems to have tired of this series and would rather work on those stupid Calderon books.