Seattle Post-Intelligencer Logo. Entertainment // Movies. Naked emotion rips through the plot contrivances in 'Monster's Ball' ...

Central to the novel is the union of Stela and Fly, but that comes later. The book opens with a section devoted to the story of Fly, which begins in California with his father, Gary Lovett.

As a 4-year-old, Brad Parks was so ravenous for “The Monster at the End of This Book” that his older brother — facing endless requests to read the story — finally recorded a version on an ...