· Hudson-based literary historian Jon Michael Varese's debut novel weaves the fictional and the real; history imprints on the novel like a spirit on Moody's photographs. Though Moody, who is based on America's first spirit photographer, William Mumler, may or may not be a fraud. Check out this great listen on www.doorway.ru Boston, Photographer Edward Moody runs a booming business capturing the images of the spirits of the departed in his portraits. He lures grieving widows and mourning mothers into his studio with promises of catching the ghosts of their deceas. · "The Spirit Photographer: A Novel" by Jon Michael Varese is a novel about spirit photography, fact and fiction. A journey undertaken to the bayou interjects Reconstruction Era thinking, bounty hunting, and the practice of voodoo.
Jon Michael Varese (born Decem) is an American novelist and literary historian. He published his debut novel, The Spirit Photographer, in ; it is set in the Reconstruction era in Boston, Massachusetts and in Louisiana plantation country. In Varese's Reconstructionist-era Southern Gothic debut novel, a con man "spirit photographer" accidentally captures a real ghost on www.doorway.ru Michael Varese: The Spirit Photographer,Elliott Bay. Jon Michael Varese's deftly plotted first novel is an intense tale of death and betrayal that will thrill readers as they unravel the dreadful mystery behind the spirit in the photograph and what ultimately became of her. REVIEW: **A copy of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.**.
Hudson-based literary historian Jon Michael Varese's debut novel weaves the fictional and the real; history imprints on the novel like a spirit on Moody's photographs. Though Moody, who is based on America's first spirit photographer, William Mumler, may or may not be a fraud. In Varese's Reconstructionist-era Southern Gothic debut novel, a con man "spirit photographer" accidentally captures a real ghost on www.doorway.ru Michael Varese: The Spirit Photographer,Elliott Bay. The Spirit Photographer is a historical fiction novel that takes readers on a journey from the bustling streets of Boston to the Louisiana bayou during with a man who is seeking answers to his past. Aside from the historical aspects to the book, it also contains small elements of the paranormal, some politics, and class struggles.
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