Fiddler's Ghost
"The world of literature, novels and tales is teeming with ghosts aplenty. But you never met a ghost like this one before. He's too good to be true, but to true to be make-believe" --Donald Harington - Author, recipient Oxford American Lifetime Award"Fiddler's Ghost is the rarest of books. I could hardly put it down. It's full of suspense and plot turns. Only Mitch Jayne could write a novel with a perfect understanding of the music and dialect of the Missouri Ozarks." --Michael Patrick - Historian/FolkloristMitch Jayne has had love affair with the Ozarks language, people and music for more than half a century. This is reflected in his previous books Old Fish Hawk and Home Grown Stories and Home Fried Lies. His new book Fiddler s Ghost tells a wonderful story while providing a new venue for the native dialect he has so passionately worked to preserve. Set in the Ozarks (before television, gaudy tourist attractions, and big highways), Jayne creates such a memorable cast of characters, in speech and description you ll wonder if they re your neighbors or relatives. --Champ Herren - Farmington Press