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When jon clinch 76 was a boy, he read adventures of huckleberry finn in the heat of one summer, stretched out in a pup tent behind his parents house in oneida, new york. Clinch s previous books, finn and kings of the earth won awards and commendation from around the country. The thief of auschwitz by jon clinch jocosas bookshelf. In the thief of auschwitz, clinch steps for the first time beyond the deeply american roots of his earlier books to explore one of the darkest moments in mankind s historyand to do so with the sympathy, vision, and heart that are the hallmarks of his work. In the thief of auschwitz, jon clinch steps for the first time beyond the deeply american roots of his earlier books to explore one of the darkest moments in mankinds historyand to do so with sympathy, vision, and heart.