But unlike his creator, who has spoken publicly about a past that includes abuse, self-harm, and troubles with drugs, Gage seems to have little to no personal experience with his material. His main character, Gage Chandler, is, like Darnielle himself, a chronicler of pain. In his third book, Devil House, Darnielle shifts his vantage point on suffering without losing or lessening his willingness to confront it. His first two novels, Wolf in White Van and Universal Harvester, have protagonists who are white-knuckling their way through misery Carmen María Machado wrote that the latter traces "the dimensions of human loneliness and grief." His most famous song's most famous line is I'm going to make it through this year if it kills me. John Darnielle has made a career - well, two: he is both a National Book Award-nominated novelist and the lead singer-songwriter of a beloved indie band called the Mountain Goats - out of writing frankly about darkness.
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