Beginning with the book The 100-Year-Old Man who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson, a new kind of protagonist started appearing in popular fiction; someone with a lifetime of experience. For those unfamiliar with the book, Jonasson’s novel centers around Allan Karlsson who escapes his senior’s home on the eve of his hundredth birthday... Continue Reading →
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand – Helen Simonson
Occasionally a book comes along that is simply charming in the portrayal of the human heart, "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand", is just such a book. When Mrs. Ali the owner of the local grocery comes to his door early one morning, she finds Major Pettigrew distressed at having received news that his brother has just... Continue Reading →
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