Rotters by Daniel Kraus
From the New York Times bestselling author of Angel Down, Whalefall, The Shape of Water with Guillermo del Toro, Scowler, and more, comes Rotters.Grave-robbing. What kind of monster would do such a thing? It's true that Leonardo da Vinci did it, Shakespeare wrote about it, and the resurrection men of nineteenth-century Scotland practically made it an art. But none of this matters to Joey Crouch, a sixteen-year-old straight-A student living in Chicago with his single mom. For the most part, Joey's life is about playing the trumpet and avoiding the daily humiliations of high school.
Everything changes when Joey's mother dies in a tragic accident and he is sent to rural Iowa to live with the father he has never known, a strange, solitary man with unimaginable secrets. At first, Joey's father wants nothing to do with him, but once father and son come to terms with each other, Joey's life takes a turn both macabre and exhilarating.
Daniel Kraus's masterful plotting and unforgettable characters make Rotters a moving, terrifying, and unconventional epic about fathers and sons, complex family ties, taboos, and the ever-present specter of mortality.
DANIEL KRAUS is a filmmaker, writer, and editor. He and his wife live in Chicago. Trollhunters, his most recent film, was co-written with Guillermo del Toro. Follow him on Twitter @DanielDKraus and at DanielKraus.com. This is an excerpt from the Hardcover edition.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780385738583 |
| ISBN 10 | 0385738587 |
| Title | Rotters |
| Author | Daniel Kraus |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2012-04-10 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Green Mountain Book Award 2015 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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