Finn : a novel
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Published
New York : Random House, 2007.
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
287 pages ; 24 cm.
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Location | Call Number | Note | Status |
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Carbon Co. Rawlins Library - Fiction | FICTION CLINCH | On Shelf | |
Laramie Co. Library - Cheyenne - First Floor | FICTION CLINC, J FIN | On Shelf | |
Laramie County Community College - Main Collection | PS3603 .L54 F56 2007 | On Shelf | |
Niobrara Co. Library - Fiction | FIC CLI | WLFA | On Shelf |
Sweetwater Co. - Superior Branch - Fiction | FIC CLIN | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Random House, 2007.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition
Language
English
Lexile Measure
1150
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Summary
In this debut by a major new voice in fiction, the author takes readers on a journey into the history and heart of one of American literature's most brutal and mysterious figures: Huckleberry Finn's father. The result is a deeply original tour de force that springs from Twain'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 body flayed and stripped of all identifying marks, drifting down the Mississippi. The circumstances of the murder, and the secret of the victim's identity, shape Finn's story as they will shape his life and his death. Along the way the author introduces a cast of unforgettable characters: Finn'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 Finn's mistress; and of course young Huck himself. In daring to recreate Huck for a new generation, the author gives readers a living boy in all his human complexity, 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 America's past to fashion something compelling, fearless, and new.
Reading Level
1150 L,Lexile
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Clinch, J. (2007). Finn: a novel (First edition). Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Clinch, Jon. 2007. Finn: A Novel. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Clinch, Jon. Finn: A Novel Random House, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Clinch, Jon. Finn: A Novel First edition, Random House, 2007.
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