A Child Across the Sky

By Jonathan Carroll

Book Overview

In resolving the suicide of his friend, Philip Strayhorn explores the dividing line between good and evil in this fantasy novel, from the same author who wrote "Sleeping in Flame", "Bones of the Moon"... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385265352
• ISBN13: 9780385265355
• Release Date: July 1990
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

"Full Of Dreams And Nightmares From God's Gift To Readers."

Jonathan Carroll is the most consistent writer working today. With each novel he writes, he breaks new ground and always manages to create something compelling and gorgeous. All his books are massively beautiful works of art, each telling a story that screams to be heard. If you enjoy literature that doesn't restrict itself to solely entertainment--though is certainly not lacking in, but that also dares to challenge the mind--then do yourself a favor and read Jonathan Carroll.

a bit less of a masterpiece than his others

Okay, maybe I'm being picky because I'm on this Jonathan Carroll streak right now and just finished four of his other books before this one. Like his great books, this one has brilliant scenes, concepts and wild plot devices, but I found that it didn't hold together as well as his others. At times, it seems like even Carroll might have lost one of his own threads. This book made me appreciate how great his new one, Marriage of Sticks, is. If you haven't read anything by Carroll before, I'd stick to his others first. If you're a Carroll freak like I am, you'll want to search this one out. Rondua appears in this one too and you may recognize Finky-Linky and some of the usual suspects.