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A Complete Twain Wrecknew

Clinch may not have rewritten the American canon, but he's created a hell of a character to remember.
Dig Boston  |  Zak M. Salih  |  04-04-2007  |  Fiction

Split in Twainnew

Jon Clinch's tale of Huck Finn's father is dense, lyrical and mildly archaic.
Philadelphia City Paper  |  Justin Bauer  |  02-27-2007  |  Fiction

Daddy Dearestnew

For all the intelligence and care that Clinch has brought to getting the story right, Finn's final moral -- that racism is hateful and self-consuming -- feels shopworn.
Washington City Paper  |  Mark Athitakis  |  02-23-2007  |  Fiction

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