The story of deaf-mute John Singer, who becomes the confidant for the misfits of a Georgia mill town during the 1930s. When Singer's mute companion goes insane, Singer is left alone and isolated. He takes a room with the Kelly family where he is visited by the town's misfits, who turn to him for understanding but have no knowledge of his inner life.
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ISBN: 0618526412 (pbk.)
Physical Description:print359 p. -- ; cm.
Edition:1st Mariner Books ed. --
Publisher:Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000, c1967.
General Note: "A Mariner book".Originally published in 1940.LSC 16.95