The Disappearance of Felix Kulp

By John Wheatcroft

Don’t be fooled by the epistolary form of this novel—it is a wonderful and engrossing read. Every letter writer’s voice is unique and distinctive. His divorced second wife Leila’s hilarious couplets are very memorable as is her poison-penned fury at her cheating husband. The fundamentalist Xian brother sounds just like such a narrow-minded fellow should sound. But all of the letter writers, the mother with Alzheimer’s, the son who turns out to be gay, the Swedish daughter longing for her “real” father, the chap selling the pornographic Japanese art, the officious doctors, the money launderer, the cousin who had a sexual relationship with Felix when young, all are brilliantly realized. And the purposely crude line drawings are a wonderful touch as well.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Wessex Collective
• Release date: Jul 25, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301633234

John Wheatcroft

John Wheatcroft has published seven novels, three short story collections and eight volumes of poetry. His fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous magazines and literary journals in the U.S., Mexico, Canada, England, and Scotland, and he has also appeared in numerous anthologies. Catherine, Her Book, his novel based upon Wuthering Heights, was chosen as one of the best novels of the year by The New York Times, and he is also the author of the award-winning play, Ofoti. Mr. Wheatcroft is a WWII veteran and professor emeritus at Bucknell University. He lives in Lewisburg, PA.

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