Finn

Last night I finished reading "Finn" by Jon Clinch. When you had to read "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain in high school or college, did you ever wonder about why Huck's father was such a jerk? No? Me neither, but apparently Jon Clinch did, and wrote a whole book on him. It was actually really great, and if you've read "Huck Finn" and "Tom Sawyer" it tied in so neatly with the plots from those books that there were moments when I actually said "Aha!" out loud. Very skillfully done, and quite an interesting take on one of America's most beloved and written about literary characters. Even the great William Faulkner took on Huck Finn in his last novel "The Reivers", which is very similar in theme. Anyway, this was a much needed break from nonfiction and a good read.