Let’s talk about “Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter”

Beginning December 1, Book Chat (the Library’s virtual book discussion group) will discuss Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin, the story of a childhood friendship marred by misunderstanding and suspicion. Silas, the African-American child of a single mother barely making it, and Larry, the white son of a coarse, loud braggart, were close friends despite living in 1970s small-town Mississippi. That is, they were friends until high school, when Larry took a girl on a date one night and she was never seen again. No one was Larry’s friend after that, although nothing was ever proven. When another girl goes missing years later, Larry is again targeted by the town, and Silas, now a police officer, is forced to investigate and to challenge his own assumptions.

Franklin’s third novel, Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter received the British Crime Writer’s Association Golden Dagger Award, a Los Angeles Times’ Book Prize, and was an American Library Association Notable Book for 2011. Extra uncataloged copies of the book will be available at the Ballard, Columbia, Northeast, West Seattle and Central libraries while supplies last.

We hope you can join us, and readers all over Seattle, to read and discuss this intense psychological story.