
Andrew Krivak
American novelist
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Mar 4, 2026
Andrew Krivak’s novel 'Mule Boy' takes readers inside a Pennsylvania coal mine
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Scott SimonCORRESPONDENT
John Chibala, Stefan Bosak, and a mule named Wicked, who becomes his own character.
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3:47Andrew KrivakGUEST
So John Chibala and Stefan Bosak, I think I had to have the miners down there.
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3:54Andrew KrivakGUEST
And the mule boy was almost a way in which I could get the character of Andor Prock in there and have him move around, give him the job to do.
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4:09Andrew KrivakGUEST
And the mules were more, more valuable than the mule boys and, um, also pretty hard to take care of.
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4:15Andrew KrivakGUEST
And so I wanted Andro Prock and, and Wicked the mule to have that relationship, which is slightly more than, um, you know, than mentor boys.