Stone Junction

An Alchemical Potboiler

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Jim Dodge: Stone Junction (1999, Canongate Books)

424 pages

English language

Published Feb. 20, 1999 by Canongate Books.

ISBN:
978-0-86241-923-3
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Thomas Pynchon calls Stone Junction "a celebration of everything that matters." Forgetting for a moment that a blurb from Pynchon is akin to the Pope's personal blessing for many people, it's a fine summation of Stone Junction's many, many endearing qualities. Jim Dodge has penned a rollicking joyride of a story down the backroads and dark alleys of a mythical American landscape that cannot possibly exist, yet should. I'm not a conspiracy nut by any means, but the idea of a semi-legendary affiliation of outlaws and magicians that subtly weaves itself through history is so tempting, it's no wonder one edition begins with a warning: "This book is a work of fiction. FICTION. Believe otherwise at your own peril."

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  • Fiction, general
  • Mothers and sons, fiction