Book description
A parody of a literary biography starring a 10-year-old novelist who is mysteriously dead at 11—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Martin Dressler.
As a memorial, Edwin Mullhouse's best friend, Jeffrey Cartwright, decides that the life of this great American writer must be told. He follows Edwin's development from his…
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I feel like this book was written for me. Beautiful, funny, heartbreaking, mysterious, puzzling, brilliant -- I'm on my second read right now and it's even better the second time around. It's the kind of book you will need to talk with someone about so make sure you read it with a friend. One of the top 5 books I've ever read.
This extraordinary novel purports to be a literary biography of a writer who died at age eleven, written by his best friend. The absurdity of the central conceit in no way lessens its impact as a meticulously crafted, gorgeously realized evocation of mid-century childhood in America.
Though I’m a generation younger, I was immediately transported back in time to re-visit the adventurous feeling of daring to travel outside one’s own neighborhood, the heartsore drama of a devastating first crush, and all the other minute particulars encountered in the serious business of growing up.
Funny, tragic, and sometimes just plain weird,…
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