The Wooden Sea
core novel 2001 Crane's View Trilogy
Record
| First published | 2001 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.82 (2,347 ratings, collected 2026-11-05) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765300133 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Frannie McCabe is a middle-aged police chief in Crane's View, New York, the small town he once longed to escape during his restless, aggressive youth. His quiet life is disrupted when a lame, three-legged dog called Old Vertue wanders into his office. Frannie plans to give the animal a proper burial after it dies, but the dog refuses to stay dead. Strange events follow, including a bizarre feather and the appearance of his teenage self. An alien named Astropel sends him through time to solve a cosmic puzzle, in a story that mixes time travel and aliens with questions about the meaning of life.
Where it sits
- Universe: Crane's View Trilogy
- Series: Crane's View Trilogy core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Jonathan Carroll
Awards (verified)
- World Fantasy Award (Best Novel), 2002: nominated
Notes
- From the series record (Crane's View Trilogy): Three novels set in the New York town of Crane's View, each with a new main character.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Crane's View Trilogy: position 3 of 3: previous The Marriage of Sticks (1999)
Sources
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