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278 pp.
| Farrar |
September, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-0-374-37994-0$16.99
(2)
4-6
Drawing imagery from Moby-Dick, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Frankenstein, Gantos employs gothic humor, scene-crafting mastery, and his Dead End in Norvelt protagonist Jack's querulous voice to offer a wild and challenging road-trip novel, murder mystery, meditation on American history, and love story all in one. The tale has as many twists and turns as those Tennessee back roads.
Reviewer: Dean Schneider
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2013