Yes, that sounds like something I'd like! (I just want a werewolf book for grown-ups, you know? Just your average magical realism stuff. Those seem to be kind of hard to find.)

I liked Susanna Clarke's "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrel" and Max Frei's "The Stranger", but I'm looking for something less from the realm of fanciful, mind-labyrinth fantastique and more like sturdy, in-your-face, vigorous fantastique that spreads the message of kindness. Um, like a sandwich where Borges and Ghelderode are the bread, and some inspirational philosophical basis is butter (like in "The Name of the Rose"), and critique of contemporary economy & politics is jam.

(As you have probably guessed, people in bookstores don't like dealing with me. *g*)