Sweeney On-the-Fringe

Owen Kivlin, the narrator of Dave Robinson's novel Sweeney On-the-Fringe, sidles up to the reader as unassumingly as Ishmael and announces that he's got a tale to tell. And what a tale it is. The elusive, eponymous Sweeney is a man on a quest. Told through letters, dramatic narrative, interviews, and poems, SOTF is a wild, lyrical ride of a book, rich with mythic alllusion, off-beat characters and a roll-your-own New England vernacular that is dead on. Will Sweeney find what he seeks: truth, self, adventure, romance and the perfect wave? You'll have to read to find out. Recommended. --David Daniel, author of Goofy Foot and Reunion