The Boy in His Winter: An American Novel

Huck Finn’s mythic adventures—and childhood—abruptly end when he steps off his raft into Hurricane Katrina

Huck Finn and Jim float on their raft across a continuum of shifting seasons, feasting on a limitless supply of fish and stolen provisions, propelled by the currents of the mighty Mississippi from one adventure to the next. Launched into existence by Mark Twain, they have now been transported by Norman Lock through three vital, violent, and transformative centuries of American history. ...