But Jacob Marley is not a careless man.” By some uncanny act of artistic appropriation, he has, without imitating Dickens, ... MARLEY By Jon Clinch 288 pp. Atria Books. $27.

Christmas comes early in Jon Clinch’s ‘Marley,’ a clever riff on ‘A Christmas Carol ... Jacob Marley. A whole new take on Scrooge and his one-time business partner, Jacob Marley.

In honor of the holiday season, I decided to pick up Jon Clinch’s gorgeous new pastiche of Dickens’ classic, “A Christmas Carol.” This is the story of a younger Jacob ...

Jacob Marley and Ebenezer Scrooge would probably root for the Grinch. “They’re both mean, spiteful and lonely,” said Charles Fraser who plays Marley in “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol ...