Set in 1973, the story follows college student Devin Jones, who takes a summer job at Joyland, a small-town North Carolina amusement park. While learning the "Talk" of the carnival lifers and operating the rides, Devin becomes obsessed with the unsolved murder of Linda Gray, a young woman killed years earlier in the park's Horror House. Assisted by a local girl and a young boy with clairvoyant abilities, Devin investigates the cold case while nursing a broken heart and discovering the park’s supernatural secrets.
Readers of coming-of-age fiction and traditional hardboiled crime mysteries will find this narrative focuses on the transition into adulthood and the loss of innocence. It appeals to those interested in the historical atmosphere of mid-century Americana and the internal workings of the outdoor entertainment industry. The reader finishes the book with a clear portrait of youthful nostalgia and an understanding of how grief shapes a person's later life.
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
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