Ask a Bookseller: ‘One of Us’ by Dan Chaon
On The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers across Minnesota and beyond to find out what books they’re most excited about right now Jeff Danz of Zandbros Variety in Sioux Falls, S.D., was looking for some escapist fiction when he was drawn to the story of a traveling carnival. He calls Dan Chaon’s gothic horror novel “One of Us” an engaging read with compelling characters that felt like a darker version of a Mark Twin or Charles Dickens adventure. Set in 1915, the novel follows 13-year-old twins Eleanor and Bolt, who have a flawless ability to read each other's…
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