The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint
With the inventive acuity of John Irving, this riveting picaresque novel chronicles the hopes and heartbreaks of Edgar Presley Mint.
With the inventive acuity of John Irving, this riveting picaresque novel chronicles the hopes and heartbreaks of Edgar Presley Mint.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780393081220 (0393081222)
Publish date: June 28th 2010
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
Fantastic book - if you liked The Lonely Polygamist, I can't imagine you wouldn't like this one. More of a review to come.
If there is a fictional trope I could probably do without it is the precocious child narrator. I can only read so many books about weirdly bookish children with a story to tell, or a life of destiny to live. And yet it seems like every time you turn around, there is a new one being trumpeted for its...
Depressing, sad and brilliantly wonderful at the same time. Only picked it up to pass the time, but kept going throughout. How this isn't cinematized yet I don't know. Perfect for the screen.
13 years ago
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