John Wray , 33 , a Brooklyn author who dreamed up the idea of conducting a reading tour by raft to draw attention to his new novel , '' Canaan 's Tongue '' -LRB- Alfred A. Knopf -RRB- , wondered if the adventure -- a play for press and the fulfillment of a childhood fantasy -- might turn as gothic as the book it was meant to promote .
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