September 18, 2013

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Pick of the Day: Far Far Away

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The ghost of Jacob Grimm narrates a story about complex characters who have conflicted motivations.

A Happily-Ever-After Ghost Story | Tom McNeal’s ‘Far Far Away’

Far far away

Jacob Grimm, the folklorist, is dead, and stuck as a ghost. He wants to be reunited with his younger brother Wilhelm, who predeceased him. In Tom McNeal’s suspenseful and haunting new novel, ‘Far Far Away,’ fairy tale and ghost story collide and merge.