One of Us A Novel

Dan Chaon

eBook - 2025

"A captivating new novel... As One of Us gleefully samples multiple registers — comic, tragic, satiric, elegiac, poetic — its mesh of archaic and contemporary styles becomes something quite arresting, a joy to read."—Hamilton Cain, The New York TimesA playfully macabre and utterly thrilling tale about orphaned twins on the run from their murderous uncle who find refuge in a bizarre traveling carnival, from master of literary horror Dan ChaonIt's 1915 and the world is transforming, but for thirteen-year-old Bolt and Eleanor—twins so close they can literally read each other's minds—life is falling apart. When their mother dies, they are forced to leave home under the care of a vicious con man who claims to be the...ir long-lost uncle Charlie, the only kin they have left. During a late-night poker game, when one of his rages ends in murder, they decide to flee.Salvation arrives in the form of Mr.... more