My review of FINN will appear next week in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. I am not so enthusiastic about it, and I believe the claims of Huck's mixed race will be decidedly controversial. I am not at all surprised by the heave publicity push, since the publishers is seeing stars (ie $$$). WICKED the novel has brought in millions, and has been produced as one of the most successful recent Broadway hits. Which I saw, and was greatly delighted by. The prequel business has never been more promising, thanks to George Lucas and stories like WICKED. I can't wait to see how others on this LIST respond to the idea of Huck as mixed! Harold K. Bush, Ph.D Associate Professor Dept. of English, Saint Louis University