Authors: Robert Jackson Bennett

American Elsewhere (87 page)

It wasn’t until George was aboard the train and it began pulling away that he started to breathe easy. Then he began to grin in disbelief. It was really happening: after scrounging for news for over half a year, he was finally going to see the legendary Heironomo Silenus, leader of wondrous players, legendary impresario, and the most elusive and mysterious performer to ever tour the circuits. And also, perhaps most unbelievably, the man George Carole suspected to be his father.

meet the author

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R
OBERT
J
ACKSON
B
ENNETT
was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Winner of a Shirley Jackson Award, the Sydney J. Bounds Award, and an Edgar Award, he is the author of the novels
Mr. Shivers, The Company Man, The Troupe
, and
American Elsewhere
. Find out more about the author at
www.robertjacksonbennett.wordpress.com
.