Finn
by Jon Clinch
ISBN-10: 1400065917
ISBN 13: 9781400065912
Random House
$23.95 Hardcover
February 2007
What's It About?
In his debut novel, Clinch takes readers on a journey into the history and heart of one of American literature's most brutal and mysterious figures: Pap Finn, Huck's father.
Customers who read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as children, or even later in life, will find this book a darker continuation of Mark Twain's original. Clinch's interpretation of the particulars in Pap Finn's room when Jim discovers his dead body--the words and pictures on the walls, the men's and women's clothing, the whiskey bottles, and the black cloth masks--are meticulously detailed as Clinch reveals Pap Finn to readers.
How Can I Promote It?
While displaying Finn alongside other Twain works might seem obvious, doing so will have customers trying to remember the details of Huck and Tom Sawyer as well as Jim and the Widow Douglas--not to mention Pap Finn. Be sure to have plenty of copies on hand for your customers who haven't read these truly American stories in a long time.
