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9781942658061 1942658060 "Brilliant. . . . Shimmers with glorious language, fluid rhythms, and complex insights. . . . A glorious meditation on justice, truth, loyalty, story, and the alchemical effects of love."Jane Ciabattari, NPR, on "The Boy in His Winter"" A] pithy, compact beautifully conducted version of the American Dream."Alan Cheuse, NPR, on "American Meteor"" Walt Whitman] hovers over "American Meteor"], just as Mark Twain's spirit pervaded "The Boy in His Winter." . . . Like all Mr. Lock's books, this is an ambitious work, where ideas crowd together on the page like desperate men on a battlefield." Gerard Helferich, "Wall Street Journal," on "American Meteor"In his third book of The American Novels series, Norman Lock recounts the story of a young Philadelphian, Edward Fenzil, who, in the winter of 1844, falls under the sway of two luminaries of the nineteenth-century grotesque imagination: Thomas Dent Mutter, a surgeon and collector of medical "curiosities," and Edgar Allan Poe. As Fenzil struggles against the powerful wills that would usurp his identity, including that of his own malevolent doppelganger, he loses his mind and his story to another's."The Port-Wine Stain "is a gothic psychological thriller whose themes are possession, identity, and storytelling that the master, Edgar Allan Poe, might have been proud to call his own. Norman Lock is the author of "The Boy in His Winter "and "American Meteor," the first two books of The American Novels series, as well as poetry, short fiction, and stage, radio, and screen plays. He lives in Aberdeen, New Jersey.", "Mesmerizingly twisted, richly layered." -- New York Times Book Review "[Norman Lock's fiction] shimmers with glorious language, fluid rhythms, and complex insights." -- NPR In his third book of The American Novels series, Norman Lock recounts the story of a young Philadelphian, Edward Fenzil, who, in the winter of 1844, falls under the sway of two luminaries of the nineteenth-century grotesque imagination: Thomas Dent MÃŒtter, a surgeon and collector of medical "curiosities," and Edgar Allan Poe. As Fenzil struggles against the powerful wills that would usurp his identity, including that of his own malevolent doppelgÀnger, he loses his mind and his story to another. Norman Lock is the award-winning author of novels, short fiction, and poetry, as well as stage, radio, and screenplays. His recent works of fiction include the short story collection Love Among the Particles , a Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year, and three books in The American Novels series: The Boy in His Winter , a re-envisioning of Mark Twain's classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that Scott Simon of NPR's Weekend Edition hailed for "make[ing] Huck and Jim so real you expect to get messages from them on your iPho≠" American Meteor , an homage to Walt Whitman and William Henry Jackson named a Firecracker Award finalist and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, and The Port-Wine Stain , an homage to Edgar Allan Poe and Thomas Dent MÃŒtter. Lock lives in Aberdeen, New Jersey., "[Norman Lock's fiction] shimmers with glorious language, fluid rhythms, and complex insights." -- NPR In his third book of The American Novels series, Norman Lock recounts the story of a young Philadelphian, Edward Fenzil, who, in the winter of 1844, falls under the sway of two luminaries of the nineteenth-century grotesque imagination: Thomas Dent MÃŒtter, a surgeon and collector of medical "curiosities," and Edgar Allan Poe. As Fenzil struggles against the powerful wills that would usurp his identity, including that of his own malevolent doppelgÀnger, he loses his mind and his story to another. Norman Lock is the award-winning author of novels, short fiction, and poetry, as well as stage, radio, and screenplays. His recent works of fiction include the short story collection Love Among the Particles , a Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year, and three books in The American Novels series: The Boy in His Winter , a re-envisioning of Mark Twain's classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that Scott Simon of NPR's Weekend Edition hailed for "make[ing] Huck and Jim so real you expect to get messages from them on your iPho≠" American Meteor , an homage to Walt Whitman and William Henry Jackson named a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, and The Port-Wine Stain , an homage to Edgar Allan Poe and Thomas Dent MÃŒtter (forthcoming in 2016). Lock lives in Aberdeen, New Jersey., A young surgical assistant faces his doppelganger in a chilling tale featuring Edgar Allan Poe and a lost Poe story. Description: Mesmerizingly twisted, richly layered. "New York Times Book Review" Norman Lock s fiction] shimmers with glorious language, fluid rhythms, and complex insights. NPR In his third book of The American Novels series, Norman Lock recounts the story of a young Philadelphian, Edward Fenzil, who, in the winter of 1844, falls under the sway of two luminaries of the nineteenth-century grotesque imagination: Thomas Dent Mutter, a surgeon and collector of medical curiosities, and Edgar Allan Poe. As Fenzil struggles against the powerful wills that would usurp his identity, including that of his own malevolent doppelganger, he loses his mind and his story to another. Norman Lock is the award-winning author of novels, short fiction, and poetry, as well as stage, radio, and screenplays. His recent works of fiction include the short story collection "Love Among the Particles," a "Shelf Awareness" Best Book of the Year, and three books in The American Novels series: "The Boy in His Winter," a reenvisioning of Mark Twain s classic "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" that Scott Simon of NPR s "Weekend Edition" hailed for make ing] Huck and Jim so real you expect to get messages from them on your iPhone; "American Meteor," an homage to Walt Whitman and William Henry Jackson named a Firecracker Award finalist and "Publishers Weekly" Best Book of the Year; and "The Port-Wine Stain," an homage to Edgar Allan Poe and Thomas Dent Mutter. Lock lives in Aberdeen, New Jersey.", A young surgical assistant faces his doppelgänger in a chilling tale featuring Edgar Allan Poe and a "lost" Poe story. Description: "Mesmerizingly twisted, richly layered." -- New York Times Book Review "[Norman Lock's fiction] shimmers with glorious language, fluid rhythms, and complex insights." -- NPR In his third book of The American Novels series, Norman Lock recounts the story of a young Philadelphian, Edward Fenzil, who, in the winter of 1844, falls under the sway of two luminaries of the nineteenth-century grotesque imagination: Thomas Dent Mütter, a surgeon and collector of medical "curiosities," and Edgar Allan Poe. As Fenzil struggles against the powerful wills that would usurp his identity, including that of his own malevolent doppelgänger, he loses his mind and his story to another. Norman Lock is the award-winning author of novels, short fiction, and poetry, as well as stage, radio, and screenplays. His recent works of fiction include the short story collection Love Among the Particles , a Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year, and three books in The American Novels series: The Boy in His Winter , a reenvisioning of Mark Twain's classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that Scott Simon of NPR's Weekend Edition hailed for "make[ing] Huck and Jim so real you expect to get messages from them on your iPhone"; American Meteor , an homage to Walt Whitman and William Henry Jackson named a Firecracker Award finalist and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year; and The Port-Wine Stain , an homage to Edgar Allan Poe and Thomas Dent Mütter. Lock lives in Aberdeen, New Jersey., Mesmerizingly twisted, richly layered. "New York Times Book Review" Norman Lock s fiction] shimmers with glorious language, fluid rhythms, and complex insights. NPR In his third book of The American Novels series, Norman Lock recounts the story of a young Philadelphian, Edward Fenzil, who, in the winter of 1844, falls under the sway of two luminaries of the nineteenth-century grotesque imagination: Thomas Dent Mutter, a surgeon and collector of medical curiosities, and Edgar Allan Poe. As Fenzil struggles against the powerful wills that would usurp his identity, including that of his own malevolent doppelganger, he loses his mind and his story to another. Norman Lock is the award-winning author of novels, short fiction, and poetry, as well as stage, radio, and screenplays. His recent works of fiction include the short story collection "Love Among the Particles," a "Shelf Awareness" Best Book of the Year, and three books in The American Novels series: "The Boy in His Winter," a reenvisioning of Mark Twain s classic "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" that Scott Simon of NPR s "Weekend Edition" hailed for make ing] Huck and Jim so real you expect to get messages from them on your iPhone; "American Meteor," an homage to Walt Whitman and William Henry Jackson named a Firecracker Award finalist and "Publishers Weekly" Best Book of the Year; and "The Port-Wine Stain," an homage to Edgar Allan Poe and Thomas Dent Mutter. Lock lives in Aberdeen, New Jersey.", Norman Lock s fiction] shimmers with glorious language, fluid rhythms, and complex insights. NPR In his third book of The American Novels series, Norman Lock recounts the story of a young Philadelphian, Edward Fenzil, who, in the winter of 1844, falls under the sway of two luminaries of the nineteenth-century grotesque imagination: Thomas Dent Mutter, a surgeon and collector of medical curiosities, and Edgar Allan Poe. As Fenzil struggles against the powerful wills that would usurp his identity, including that of his own malevolent doppelganger, he loses his mind and his story to another. Norman Lock is the award-winning author of novels, short fiction, and poetry, as well as stage, radio, and screenplays. His recent works of fiction include the short story collection "Love Among the Particles," a "Shelf Awareness" Best Book of the Year, and three books in The American Novels series: "The Boy in His Winter," a re-envisioning of Mark Twain s classic "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" that Scott Simon of NPR s "Weekend Edition" hailed for make ing] Huck and Jim so real you expect to get messages from them on your iPhone; "American Meteor," an homage to Walt Whitman and William Henry Jackson named a Firecracker Award finalist and "Publishers Weekly" Best Book of the Year, and "The Port-Wine Stain," an homage to Edgar Allan Poe and Thomas Dent Mutter. Lock lives in Aberdeen, New Jersey."
9781942658061 1942658060 "Brilliant. . . . Shimmers with glorious language, fluid rhythms, and complex insights. . . . A glorious meditation on justice, truth, loyalty, story, and the alchemical effects of love."Jane Ciabattari, NPR, on "The Boy in His Winter"" A] pithy, compact beautifully conducted version of the American Dream."Alan Cheuse, NPR, on "American Meteor"" Walt Whitman] hovers over "American Meteor"], just as Mark Twain's spirit pervaded "The Boy in His Winter." . . . Like all Mr. Lock's books, this is an ambitious work, where ideas crowd together on the page like desperate men on a battlefield." Gerard Helferich, "Wall Street Journal," on "American Meteor"In his third book of The American Novels series, Norman Lock recounts the story of a young Philadelphian, Edward Fenzil, who, in the winter of 1844, falls under the sway of two luminaries of the nineteenth-century grotesque imagination: Thomas Dent Mutter, a surgeon and collector of medical "curiosities," and Edgar Allan Poe. As Fenzil struggles against the powerful wills that would usurp his identity, including that of his own malevolent doppelganger, he loses his mind and his story to another's."The Port-Wine Stain "is a gothic psychological thriller whose themes are possession, identity, and storytelling that the master, Edgar Allan Poe, might have been proud to call his own. Norman Lock is the author of "The Boy in His Winter "and "American Meteor," the first two books of The American Novels series, as well as poetry, short fiction, and stage, radio, and screen plays. He lives in Aberdeen, New Jersey.", "Mesmerizingly twisted, richly layered." -- New York Times Book Review "[Norman Lock's fiction] shimmers with glorious language, fluid rhythms, and complex insights." -- NPR In his third book of The American Novels series, Norman Lock recounts the story of a young Philadelphian, Edward Fenzil, who, in the winter of 1844, falls under the sway of two luminaries of the nineteenth-century grotesque imagination: Thomas Dent MÃŒtter, a surgeon and collector of medical "curiosities," and Edgar Allan Poe. As Fenzil struggles against the powerful wills that would usurp his identity, including that of his own malevolent doppelgÀnger, he loses his mind and his story to another. Norman Lock is the award-winning author of novels, short fiction, and poetry, as well as stage, radio, and screenplays. His recent works of fiction include the short story collection Love Among the Particles , a Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year, and three books in The American Novels series: The Boy in His Winter , a re-envisioning of Mark Twain's classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that Scott Simon of NPR's Weekend Edition hailed for "make[ing] Huck and Jim so real you expect to get messages from them on your iPho≠" American Meteor , an homage to Walt Whitman and William Henry Jackson named a Firecracker Award finalist and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, and The Port-Wine Stain , an homage to Edgar Allan Poe and Thomas Dent MÃŒtter. Lock lives in Aberdeen, New Jersey., "[Norman Lock's fiction] shimmers with glorious language, fluid rhythms, and complex insights." -- NPR In his third book of The American Novels series, Norman Lock recounts the story of a young Philadelphian, Edward Fenzil, who, in the winter of 1844, falls under the sway of two luminaries of the nineteenth-century grotesque imagination: Thomas Dent MÃŒtter, a surgeon and collector of medical "curiosities," and Edgar Allan Poe. As Fenzil struggles against the powerful wills that would usurp his identity, including that of his own malevolent doppelgÀnger, he loses his mind and his story to another. Norman Lock is the award-winning author of novels, short fiction, and poetry, as well as stage, radio, and screenplays. His recent works of fiction include the short story collection Love Among the Particles , a Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year, and three books in The American Novels series: The Boy in His Winter , a re-envisioning of Mark Twain's classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that Scott Simon of NPR's Weekend Edition hailed for "make[ing] Huck and Jim so real you expect to get messages from them on your iPho≠" American Meteor , an homage to Walt Whitman and William Henry Jackson named a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, and The Port-Wine Stain , an homage to Edgar Allan Poe and Thomas Dent MÃŒtter (forthcoming in 2016). Lock lives in Aberdeen, New Jersey., A young surgical assistant faces his doppelganger in a chilling tale featuring Edgar Allan Poe and a lost Poe story. Description: Mesmerizingly twisted, richly layered. "New York Times Book Review" Norman Lock s fiction] shimmers with glorious language, fluid rhythms, and complex insights. NPR In his third book of The American Novels series, Norman Lock recounts the story of a young Philadelphian, Edward Fenzil, who, in the winter of 1844, falls under the sway of two luminaries of the nineteenth-century grotesque imagination: Thomas Dent Mutter, a surgeon and collector of medical curiosities, and Edgar Allan Poe. As Fenzil struggles against the powerful wills that would usurp his identity, including that of his own malevolent doppelganger, he loses his mind and his story to another. Norman Lock is the award-winning author of novels, short fiction, and poetry, as well as stage, radio, and screenplays. His recent works of fiction include the short story collection "Love Among the Particles," a "Shelf Awareness" Best Book of the Year, and three books in The American Novels series: "The Boy in His Winter," a reenvisioning of Mark Twain s classic "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" that Scott Simon of NPR s "Weekend Edition" hailed for make ing] Huck and Jim so real you expect to get messages from them on your iPhone; "American Meteor," an homage to Walt Whitman and William Henry Jackson named a Firecracker Award finalist and "Publishers Weekly" Best Book of the Year; and "The Port-Wine Stain," an homage to Edgar Allan Poe and Thomas Dent Mutter. Lock lives in Aberdeen, New Jersey.", A young surgical assistant faces his doppelgänger in a chilling tale featuring Edgar Allan Poe and a "lost" Poe story. Description: "Mesmerizingly twisted, richly layered." -- New York Times Book Review "[Norman Lock's fiction] shimmers with glorious language, fluid rhythms, and complex insights." -- NPR In his third book of The American Novels series, Norman Lock recounts the story of a young Philadelphian, Edward Fenzil, who, in the winter of 1844, falls under the sway of two luminaries of the nineteenth-century grotesque imagination: Thomas Dent Mütter, a surgeon and collector of medical "curiosities," and Edgar Allan Poe. As Fenzil struggles against the powerful wills that would usurp his identity, including that of his own malevolent doppelgänger, he loses his mind and his story to another. Norman Lock is the award-winning author of novels, short fiction, and poetry, as well as stage, radio, and screenplays. His recent works of fiction include the short story collection Love Among the Particles , a Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year, and three books in The American Novels series: The Boy in His Winter , a reenvisioning of Mark Twain's classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that Scott Simon of NPR's Weekend Edition hailed for "make[ing] Huck and Jim so real you expect to get messages from them on your iPhone"; American Meteor , an homage to Walt Whitman and William Henry Jackson named a Firecracker Award finalist and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year; and The Port-Wine Stain , an homage to Edgar Allan Poe and Thomas Dent Mütter. Lock lives in Aberdeen, New Jersey., Mesmerizingly twisted, richly layered. "New York Times Book Review" Norman Lock s fiction] shimmers with glorious language, fluid rhythms, and complex insights. NPR In his third book of The American Novels series, Norman Lock recounts the story of a young Philadelphian, Edward Fenzil, who, in the winter of 1844, falls under the sway of two luminaries of the nineteenth-century grotesque imagination: Thomas Dent Mutter, a surgeon and collector of medical curiosities, and Edgar Allan Poe. As Fenzil struggles against the powerful wills that would usurp his identity, including that of his own malevolent doppelganger, he loses his mind and his story to another. Norman Lock is the award-winning author of novels, short fiction, and poetry, as well as stage, radio, and screenplays. His recent works of fiction include the short story collection "Love Among the Particles," a "Shelf Awareness" Best Book of the Year, and three books in The American Novels series: "The Boy in His Winter," a reenvisioning of Mark Twain s classic "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" that Scott Simon of NPR s "Weekend Edition" hailed for make ing] Huck and Jim so real you expect to get messages from them on your iPhone; "American Meteor," an homage to Walt Whitman and William Henry Jackson named a Firecracker Award finalist and "Publishers Weekly" Best Book of the Year; and "The Port-Wine Stain," an homage to Edgar Allan Poe and Thomas Dent Mutter. Lock lives in Aberdeen, New Jersey.", Norman Lock s fiction] shimmers with glorious language, fluid rhythms, and complex insights. NPR In his third book of The American Novels series, Norman Lock recounts the story of a young Philadelphian, Edward Fenzil, who, in the winter of 1844, falls under the sway of two luminaries of the nineteenth-century grotesque imagination: Thomas Dent Mutter, a surgeon and collector of medical curiosities, and Edgar Allan Poe. As Fenzil struggles against the powerful wills that would usurp his identity, including that of his own malevolent doppelganger, he loses his mind and his story to another. Norman Lock is the award-winning author of novels, short fiction, and poetry, as well as stage, radio, and screenplays. His recent works of fiction include the short story collection "Love Among the Particles," a "Shelf Awareness" Best Book of the Year, and three books in The American Novels series: "The Boy in His Winter," a re-envisioning of Mark Twain s classic "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" that Scott Simon of NPR s "Weekend Edition" hailed for make ing] Huck and Jim so real you expect to get messages from them on your iPhone; "American Meteor," an homage to Walt Whitman and William Henry Jackson named a Firecracker Award finalist and "Publishers Weekly" Best Book of the Year, and "The Port-Wine Stain," an homage to Edgar Allan Poe and Thomas Dent Mutter. Lock lives in Aberdeen, New Jersey."