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PublisherAkashic Books

ISBN-101888451041

ISBN-139781888451047

eBay Product ID (ePID)2122805

Product Key Features

Book TitleJonah Sees Ghosts

Number of Pages198 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGhost, General, Literary, Substance Abuse & Addictions / Alcohol

Publication Year2003

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction, Self-Help

AuthorMark Sullivan, Mark Sullivan 3rd

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight7.8 Oz

Item Length8.3 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2002-116773

ReviewsMark Sullivan writes with beautiful, introspective clarity. In young Jonah, he captures perfectly the conviction of perception that only the young have.

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal813.5/4

SynopsisJonah Sees Ghosts is a shocking, touching, and humorous first novel that blends magical realism with a figurative study of how alcohol abuse shapes the personalities within a family., "Beset with the visions of a Bosch and the honesty of a Henry Miller, Sullivan leaves us wiser in our admiration for his remarkable first novel." --John Rolfe Gardiner, author of Great Dream from Heaven A touching debut blending magical -realism with a study of how alcohol abuse shapes a family. A stylish mix of Stephen King, Henry Miller and Tom McGuane, the novel tells the story of a 15-year-old boy who has been seeing ghosts ever since his father died in a car accident while driving under the influence. Mark J. Sullivan, III is a writer and a musician. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and two sons and is currently working on his second novel, Angel, Fallen from Heaven., A shocking, touching and humorous debut, Jonah Sees Ghosts blends magical realism with a study of the ways alcohol and abuse shapes personalities within a family. At 15, Jonah Hart is a boy with a problem he's afraid to share: Not only does he see ghosts, but when he dreams, he travels outside his body. As the ghosts become more and more aggressive, Jonah withdraws into his dream world, where he is forced to make a stand from the full depths of abandonment and isolation in a last stab at redemption. Sullivan writes with beautiful, introspective clarity.' - Henry Rollins', "Written with insight and compassion, this is a stunning look at the addictive personality of an adolescent boy in an alcoholic family." -- Library Journal , Starred Review " In Jonah Sees Ghosts , Mark Sullivan takes a 'lover's quarrel with the world' into the beyond. Beset with the visions of a Bosch, and the honesty of a Henry Miller, his young protagonist faces the twenty-first century in bewilderment. Jonah, with the heart of a transcendentalist, travels out of body in a spirit world full of meanies and walking corpses and brings a report of redemption back to the land of the living. With the invention of this anti-hero all his own, Sullivan leaves us wiser in our admiration for his remarkable first novel." --John Rolfe Gardiner, author of Great Dream from Heaven Jonah Sees Ghosts is a shocking, touching, and humorous first novel that blends magical realism with a figurative study of how alcohol abuse shapes the personalities within a family. A stylish blend of S.E. Hinton, Stephen King, and Tom McGuane, Jonah Sees Ghosts tells the story of fifteen-year-old Jonah Hart, a boy with a problem he's afraid to share. Not only does he see ghosts, but when he dreams at night, he can also leave his body and travel in the ether--a compellingly addictive form of retreat. Comprised of a loving, domineering mother, a best friend, and nightly visits from his dead father, Jonah's world becomes increasingly small--and dangerous. As the ghosts that plague him become more and more aggressive and violent, he withdraws into his dream world, but when things there turn dangerous as well, Jonah is forced to make a stand from the full depths of abandonment and isolation in a last stab at redemption. At its heart, Jonah is a story of love within dysfunction and the adaptability of the human spirit--even when the two old dead ladies sitting on your mother's sofa put guns to your head.

LC Classification NumberPS3569