Fool on the Hill
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780871132437 (0871132435)
Publish date: October 18th 1988
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages no: 396
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Humor,
Comedy,
Urban Fantasy,
Academic,
Literature,
Book Club,
American,
Contemporary,
College,
Magical Realism
My favourite re-imagining of a myth. St. George slays his dragon and wins his princess with the help of a meddler, lazy monkeys, magic and love.
"You GOTTA read this book," a friend and soon-to-be fellow-Cornellian said with some urgency when he learned that I had enrolled at Cornell University, some 10+ years ago now. Devouring the book almost in one piece once I had started to read it, I soon understood what he meant. As others have pointe...