The Little Book: A Novel
| Title: | The Little Book: A Novel |
| Author: | Selden Edwards
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| Year First Published: | 2009 |
| Page Count: | 416 |
| Synopsis: | Thirty years in the writing, Selden Edwards's dazzling first novel is an irresistible triumph of the imagination. Wheeler Burden-banking heir, philosopher, student of history, legend's son, rock idol, writer, lover, recluse, half-Jew, and Harvard baseball hero-one day finds himself wandering not in his hometown of San Francisco in 1988 but in a city and time he knows mysteriously well: Vienna, 1897. Before long, Wheeler acquires a mentor in Sigmund Freud, a bitter rival, a powerful crush on a luminous young woman, and encounters everyone from an eight-year-old Adolf Hitler to Mark Twain as well as the young members of his own family. Solving the riddle of Wheeler's dislocation in time will ultimately reveal nothing short of one eccentric family's unrivaled impact upon the course of human history. |
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| It's been a little while since I read this, so I can't remember specific details to give comments on the ratings, I'm sorry. But it was clean enough that I was comfortable giving it a very strong recommendation for my book club. And I would recommend it to my mother, or my daughter! |
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| Focus | Personal Quest | Readability | Moderate |
| Main Character | Male | Setting | Europe |
| Main Character | Adult | Time Period | 1800's |
| Number of pages | 400-500 | Type | Historical Fiction Elements |
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