Jon Clinch's Books
Nov.01.2011
“The camp at Auschwitz took one year of my life, and of my own free will I gave it another four.”
So begins the much-anticipated new novel from Jon Clinch, award-winning author of Finn and Kings of the Earth.
In The Thief of Auschwitz, Clinch steps for the first time beyond the deeply American roots of his earlier books to explore one of the darkest moments in mankind’s history—...
Jul.06.2010
Following up Finn—his much-heralded and prize-winning debut whose voice evoked "the mythic styles of his literary predecessors...William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Cormac McCarthy and Edward P. Jones" (San Francisco Chronicle)—Jon Clinch returns with a powerful and haunting story of life, death, and family in rural America.
Feb.20.2007
From the Jacket:
Finn takes us on a journey into the history and heart of one of American literature’s most brutal and mysterious figures: Huckleberry Finn’s father. The result is a deeply original tour de force that springs from Twain’s classic novel but takes on a fully realized life of its own.
It begins and ends with a lifeless body—flayed and stripped of all identifying marks—...
About Jon
Born and raised in upstate New York, Jon Clinch has been an English teacher, a metalworker, a folksinger, an illustrator, a typeface designer, a housepainter, a copywriter, and an advertising executive. After graduating from Syracuse University, he taught...
Causes Jon Clinch Supports
The Mark Twain House and Museum