Review: Mr. Shivers
In this 2010 Shirley Jackson Award -winning novel, Robert Jackson Bennett takes readers into one of the saddest, grittiest times in modern American history: The Great Depression. People were uprooted from their homes and took flight to (literally) greener pastures. Except Connelly. He just wants revenge. This sad, broken man left his home and wife in the east to search the country for the man who killed his young daughter. He saw the man, whose features were haunting and unique: tall, thin and scarred. Connelly planned to dog this killer across the country, however long it might take, and do to him what he did to his daughter. The thing is, he isn't the only one looking for Mr. Shivers, named by those whose lives he has ruined. The scarred man has been all over the country and has touched the lives of many people. Connelly takes up with them to further his goal of revenge. In his modern American Gothic novel, Bennett shares with readers the language and spirit of