Clinch expertly cultivates Marley's character, elaborating the origins of one of English literature's most famous misers with the same forensic precision that made Finn so alluring. In Marley, released in October 2019, Clinch has identified another classic character worth re-examining: the penitent, chain-rattling spectre of Jacob Marley, Ebenezer Scrooge's deceased business partner, from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol ( See Beyond the Book). The novel sympathized with the plight of Pap Finn, and soberly reflected on the arbitrary violence of the time alongside issues of racism, fatherhood, alcoholism, and misogyny. Finn proved a respectful companion to Mark Twain's original, set in the Antebellum Era. Jon Clinch's astonishing 2007 debut, Finn, focused on Pap Finn, the violent, alcoholic patriarch who featured peripherally in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This psychologically rich, thrilling retelling of A Christmas Carol reexamines the complex bond between Scrooge and Marley.
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