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Jon Clinch
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Finn
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2007
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Marley
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2019
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Kings of the Earth
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2010
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The General and Julia
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2023
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The Thief of Auschwitz
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2012
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Belzoni Dreams of Egypt
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2014
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Unmediated Ink: Notes From The Self-Publishing Revolution
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2013
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The General and Julia: A Novel
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Belzoni Dreams of Egypt — Part One: Rome
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Kings of the Earth
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On Novels and Miracles.
Russell Hoban’s Riddley Walker came at me from out of the blue. I’d read a review somewhere—this was thirty years ago, when book journalism was still going strong—and I thought I knew what I was in for: a post-apocalyptic adventure in a ruined landscape, narrated by a young boy. I got a whole lot more.
Here’s the opening (ellipses mine):
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“There's nothing else in this world the color of a school bus. They call it yellow but it's not quite yellow, and it's not orange either. I'd say it's something somewhere in between margarine and Velveeta. It's not a natural color. Then again I guess if we wanted kids to grow up natural we wouldn't put them on a school bus in the first place.”
― Kings of the Earth
― Kings of the Earth
“Under a low sun, pursued by fish and mounted by crows and veiled in a loud swarm of bluebottle flies, the body comes down the river like a deadfall stripped clean.”
― Finn
― Finn
“The inscrutable outpourings bend and intermix, each one a tributary unto the others, until the whole expands ineluctably into a spiraling morass that drowns the mouths from which it has come and subsumes the space almost entirely in black Finn (p112).”
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“John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
― A Short History of Progress
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Thank you Jon. Kings of the Earth is now safely in my Kindle!
Thanks for adding me! I also follow you on Twitter. LOVED 'Kings of the Earth' & 'Finn' is on my to-read list. Adore your writing!
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hey jon! thanks for making me your friend! I am a huge fan of twain. been to hannibal numerous times, took a workshop there for teachers,and also took another workshop in hartford, connecticut for twain. both super weeks!i really liked your book , finn,and have recommended it to everyone i know.
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Hi Jon and thanks for adding me as a friend.If you have time, I'd love for you to visit my web site, jeanniebarber.com. I'm a novice writer so feel free to make any kind of suggestions, ideas or thoughts to correct it. I’m co-authoring a novel with a friend I've of 30 years. While you're there, please sign the guestbook, too! There’s also a link to our book you can click on…clairkelley@synthasite.com. This site is brand new and in the editing stage as is our story. Please visit it as well. Blessings, Jeannie
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