Jon Clinch
In this masterful debut by a major new voice in fiction, Jon Clinch takes us on a journey into the history and heart of one of American literatureâ€™s most brutal and mysterious figures: Huckleberry Finnâ€™s father. The result is a deeply original tour de force that springs from Twainâ€™s classic novel but takes on a fully realized life of its own.,Finn, sets a tragic figure loose in a landscape at once familiar and mythic. It begins and ends with a lifeless bodyâ€“flayed and stripped of all identifying marksâ€“drifting down the Mississippi. The circumstances of the murder, and the secret of the victimâ€™s identity, shape Finnâ€™s story as they will shape his life and his death.,Along the way Clinch introduces a cast of unforgettable characters: Finnâ€™ s terrifying father, known only as the Judge; his sickly, sycophantic brother, Will; blind Bliss, a secretive moonshiner; the strong and quick-witted Mary, a stolen slave who becomes Finnâ€™s mistress; and of course young Huck himself. In daring to re-create Huck for a new generation, Clinch gives us a living boy in all his human complexityâ€“not an icon, not a myth, but a real child facing vast possibilities in a world alternately dangerous and bright.,Finn ,is a novel about race; about paternity in its many guises; about the shame of a nation recapitulated by the shame of one absolutely unforgettable family. Above all, ,Finn, reaches back into the darkest waters of Americaâ€™s past to fashion something compelling, fearless, and new.
Fiction,Historical,Historical Fiction,Historical,Literary Fiction,Novels,Literature,Contemporary,Literature,19th Century,Adult Fiction,Retellings
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