In God's Fool Mark Slouka, the acclaimed author of Lost Lake and Other Stories, presents us with an unparalleled novel about Chang and Eng, the original Siamese twins. In a masterstroke of creative storytelling, we experience their lives through Chang's eyes.
Despite the incomparable predicament of their physical condition, Chang is wrapped in ordinary grace and suffering, searching for tranquility as he travels from Siam's marketplace to Parisian salons, to London's underworld and P.T. Barnum's side show, all the while improbably connected to a man who becomes his sworn enemy. In a last attempt at a normal life, Chang and Eng retire from the sideshow and move to the American South where they marry two sisters and Chang finds short-lived peace and redemption in his love for his son Christopher. This peace, however, is overtaken as events in their adopted home country force them into a final terrifying battle with fate.
Despite the incomparable predicament of their physical condition, Chang is wrapped in ordinary grace and suffering, searching for tranquility as he travels from Siam's marketplace to Parisian salons, to London's underworld and P.T. Barnum's side show, all the while improbably connected to a man who becomes his sworn enemy. In a last attempt at a normal life, Chang and Eng retire from the sideshow and move to the American South where they marry two sisters and Chang finds short-lived peace and redemption in his love for his son Christopher. This peace, however, is overtaken as events in their adopted home country force them into a final terrifying battle with fate.
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Hardback Editions
May 2002 : Hardback
| Title: God's Fool Author(s): Mark Slouka ISBN: 0-375-40216-0 / 978-0-375-40216-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Knopf Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2002 : Hardback
| Title: God's Fool Author(s): Mark Slouka ISBN: 0-641-60945-0 / 978-0-641-60945-9 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group Availability: Amazon More details... |
Paperback Editions
August 2003 : Paperback
| Title: God's Fool Author(s): Mark Slouka ISBN: 0-330-49311-6 / 978-0-330-49311-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Picador Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 2003 : Paperback
| Title: God's Fool Author(s): Mark Slouka ISBN: 0-375-70209-1 / 978-0-375-70209-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2002 : Paperback
| Title: God's Fool Author(s): Mark Slouka ISBN: 1-4050-0033-3 / 978-1-4050-0033-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Macmillan Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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