For some reason this is the one book by Mark Twain I never had a desire to read. And now that I have I can say honestly that it is probably his best work. It is, at once, a mystery and a satire. And yet it raises very pertinent questions.
Are we the products of our background and upbringing? Or are we really the by-products of what society makes of us?
This is a very nuanced tale, encompassing a bit of history as well as a grand adventure which takes place in the fictional town of Dawson's Landing on the banks of the Mississippi River in the years before the Civil War.
Truly, this book proves, literally, that what is black and what is white is not always as it seems. And also, that people are not whom they may appear to be.
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