Death of a Joker

A staggering coming-of-age story. Texas farmer''s son, Griz Marsh, is a teenager wrestling with a life complicated by the arrival of the outspoken, Lizzy Kendrick, a mysterious transient laborer, Robert Lemke, and a traveling magician, Joe Lester. The sudden brutal murders of local children place Griz and his best friend, Marlon in the thick of it, and the only way out is a cruel path filled with ...