hardcover, 136 pages
Published June 30, 2015 by Subterranean.
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 …
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.
Gods and kittens, I love these wee tales.
Merged review:
Turns out all three Bigfoot stories are combined in this book. Bloody fantastic shorts.
It is no secret that I love the Dresden Files. Harry Dresden is a wizard in Chicago. In these three novellas we see how Harry met River Shoulders, a Forest Person who has a half human child that he wants Harry to watch over.In the first story the child, Irwin, is an elementary school student being tormented for being big and gentle. Harry goes undercover as a janitor in the school to meet him and finds that his tormentors are also spuernatural.In the second story Irwin is in high school and has become ill. According to River Shoulders that should never happen. Harry goes to visit Irwin to see what has happened.Irwin is in college in story three. He is having his first love affair but his girlfriend is not what she seems.I love the whole fresh mythology of Big Foot that Butcher has built in these stories. It isn't …
It is no secret that I love the Dresden Files. Harry Dresden is a wizard in Chicago. In these three novellas we see how Harry met River Shoulders, a Forest Person who has a half human child that he wants Harry to watch over.In the first story the child, Irwin, is an elementary school student being tormented for being big and gentle. Harry goes undercover as a janitor in the school to meet him and finds that his tormentors are also spuernatural.In the second story Irwin is in high school and has become ill. According to River Shoulders that should never happen. Harry goes to visit Irwin to see what has happened.Irwin is in college in story three. He is having his first love affair but his girlfriend is not what she seems.I love the whole fresh mythology of Big Foot that Butcher has built in these stories. It isn't necessary to know the rest of the series to enjoy these stories. This could serve as a great intro to the character. As always, I recommend the audio version. James Marsters voices Harry perfectly. This review was originally posted on Based On A True Story
A fun short read. I have read only one other Harry Dresden so far. I enjoyed this one. I liked River Shoulders and his family. I should really read more of the Dresden Files. Maybe next vacation there's time for that ;)
