Calf: A Novel, by Andrea Kleine
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The year was 1981. The US was entering a deep recession, Russia was our enemy, and John Hinckley, Jr.’s assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan shocked the nation. It was also the year author Andrea Kleine learned her close childhood friend had been violently murdered by her socialite mother, Leslie DeVeau. Both events took place in Washington, DC. Hinckley and Deveau were both sent to St. Elizabeth’s hospital, guilty by reason of insanity. It was there that they met, and later became lovers.These two real-life, and ultimately converging events inspired Kleine’s jaw-dropping, spine-tingling novel, CALF. Made up of dual narratives and told over the course of one year, Kleine’s account follows a fictionalized John Hinckley Jr. as he stalks a young actress in the lead-up to the assassination attempt, and eleven-year-old Tammy, whose friend is murdered in her sleep.Part Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret and part Taxi Driver, this creepy, unsettling, and absolutely addictive novel is at once a penetrating character study, a meditation on the zeitgeist of the '80s, and an unflinching depiction of violence, both intimate and sensational.
Calf: A Novel, by Andrea Kleine- Amazon Sales Rank: #662699 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-09-01
- Released on: 2015-09-01
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review "If you came of age in the 1980’s, then this coming October it would be wise for you to pick up Calf by Andrea Kleine. After admiring the cool jacket art, you get to roll around in its dueling narrative....How can you take a moment like the assassination of a President and fictionalize it to the point where it becomes its own fever dream? That is the magic here, and it is really impressive to read."—Three Guys One Book"Dread stalks every page, and the result is unsettling, scary, and often brilliant. For readers looking for a sharp, twisted narrative, this is a keeper." —Publishers Weekly, starred review"In 1981, John Hinckley, Jr.'s attempt to assassinate Ronald Reagan rocked the nation. And Andrea Kleine's gripping novel, Calf, will rock readers. This is a wonderfully unsettling book about love, loss, and unlikely connections."- Elliott Holt, author of You Are One of Them
About the Author Andrea Kleine is a writer and performance artist whose work has spanned dance, theater, film, literature, and interdisciplinary projects. She has received five MacDowell Colony fellowships and the New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship award. Her writing has been published in The Los Angeles Review of Books, Everyday Genius, NYFA Current, and on her blog, The Dancers Will Win. Calf is her first novel.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. “I’m going upstairs,” Josie called out. She raised one foot and the dog moved with her, keeping an eye on Josie and hopping up one step at a time. When Josie reached the landing and turned to face the upstairs hallway, her mouth dropped open and an invisible vacuum sucked the air out of her lungs. There was a long smear along the wall, like a modern art painting she didn’t quite understand. It was a red, drippy brush stroke and it looked like blood. Because there was no air left in her body, Josie couldn’t call out to Meredith down below. And maybe she didn’t want to. She didn’t want Meredith to think she couldn’t handle this. Josie clamped her mouth closed. She wasn’t sure what propelled her body the rest of the way up the stairs. Her bare knees lifted as if she were a marionette doll with strings attached to her limbs. She walked strangely, straight up and down, not using her usual side-side gait. The dog was waiting for her at the top of the stairs. When Josie made it all the way up, she could see that the brush stroke led down the hall to the master bedroom. The dog scurried to the doorway of the room, but she wouldn’t go in. Josie floated down the hall, following the painted trail, like a sleepwalker only half-aware that she was moving through space. At the end, in the doorjamb, was a handprint. An ancient marking. Beware.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Compelling debut novel By "switterbug" Betsey Van Horn In this debut “faction” novel, the author takes an episode from her childhood—a friend murdered by her mother—and creates a chilling, nuanced dual narrative that is largely a domestic suspense story. The second narrative is based on John Hinckley Jr.’s attempted assassination of President Reagan. Both the true-life shooters were pronounced not guilty by reason of insanity, and met and became lovers at a mental institution. Kleine changes all the names, and invents a fictional story, to give free reign to go inside their heads and not be restricted by true events. This terrifying, character-driven drama allows the reader to follow the daily thoughts and actions of the killers and their families. There’s no gratuitous violence or pandering to readers. From the opening pages, the reader is installed in this accomplished, well-developed story.As the novel progresses, CALF intensifies and grows more hair-raising and disturbing. Kleine brushes up against the second-person perspective, especially with the mentally disturbed and manipulative “Jeffrey Hackney” and the female killer that is inspired by the real-life Leslie DeVeau. The author did her research on mental illness, as these are no stereotypical generic types. Inch by inch, day by day, the murderers get closer to entirely disassociating. If there’s a theme here, then it is about the manifestation of violence in a socially ordered culture.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Lacks Complexity and Depth By Fairbanks Reader Two narratives, told in the course of one year, present a fictional John Hinckley Jr. and an eleven year old girl whose friend is murdered by her own mother.Jim is one of those guys who doesn't seem to be able to succeed in anything he does. He has a critical father and an almost obsequious mother. He carries both of their inner voices inside of him - the negative and critical father and the 'I know you can do it' mother. A lack of self-confidence and a narcissistic image of himself compete for his personality.Tammy is the child of a modern blended family. She lives with her step-father Nick, critical and cruel, along with a cute sister who gets the positive attention, and a brother who is the biological son of Nick and her mother. Tammy has a friend named Kirin whose mother is thought to be odd. It is clear in the book that she suffers from a severe mental illness with command hallucinations that eventually lead her to kill Kirin in her sleep.This novel takes the reader through the lives of both Tammy and Jim as they search for inner meaning and a way to express themselves. Unfortunately, the novel did not succeed for me. I did not like the author's narrative style and could not identify with Tammy. Jim seemed like a stereotype without the complexity he deserved. I finished the book and scratched my head. The denouement, just a very short part of the novel, seemed to come from nowhere and was very unrealistic
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Twisted and intertwined narratives By Jill I. Shtulman Traumas that occur in childhood leave an indelible mark on survivors, who often recall those times in inimitable detail. I start this way because this book is inspired by a true story that affected the author. Her good friend was murdered by Leslie deVeau, the victim’s mother. Around the same time, John Hinckley Jr. tried to assassinate President Reagan. Later, deVeau and Hinckley became lovers while patients at St. Elizabeths Hospital.This book is not a recreation of those events; rather, it is inspired by them. Any reader who expects a point-by-point comparison will be disappointed. That being said, there is a haunting authenticity to Calf, which pulls the reader in and doesn’t let go until the very last page.Two narratives intertwine. One focuses on Tammy, a disaffected pre-teen who lives in Washington, D.C. with her mother, stepfather, and younger sister and brother. All the pain, alienation and disenchantment of those tender years is fully captured. In fact, Tammy is so real that she can walk off the page. The friend who is eventually murdered is not difficult to guess; we see the event building as if we are watching a trainwreck.The other story, which gets equal time, spotlights Jeffrey Hackney (an obvious Hinckley stand-in) who obsesses over an actress named Amber Carrol. As he emotionally disintegrates, suspense rises although we know (or think we know) where the narrative is going.For me, the more captivating of the two storylines is Tammy’s. There’s a rawness to it that made me feel as if Andrea Kleine was mining some deep emotional remembrances. Yet both storylines are powerful and unsettling. I read this book in two intense sittings.
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