“The Ballad of Huck & Miguel”: A Huck Finn for today

In his new novel, “The Ballad of Huck & Miguel,” author Tim DeRoche reframes Mark Twain’s story of comradeship and child-like wonderment in a contemporary tale about boy-adventurer Huckleberry Finn and an undocumented Mexican immigrant rafting down the Los Angeles River. Lee Cowan reports. Source