An erie tale plagued by uninteresting characters. ( )

I really liked this story about a boy growing up in a Chicago boarding house during the Columbian Exposition, but I thought it ended abruptly and not very satisfactorially. Perhaps some of the characters who are not explained very well appear in other works by Frost which would make all clear? If so, I wish I'd read this one in context. The main characters, tropes and setting were all very good. ( )