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Friday, September 19th at 7:00 PM
SELDEN EDWARDS discusses and signs
The Little Book
(Dutton, $25.95)
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"Thirty years in the making, this debut novel is a tale of time travel in which main character 'Wheeler' Burden, a 1970s rock star, baseball prodigy, and philosophical thinker, finds himself whisked from 1988 San Francisco to 1897 Vienna. At that time, Vienna was at is cultural apex, and as the beloved home of Wheeler's favorite prep school history teacher, it had been described to Wheeler in much detail. While there, Wheeler meets up with an assortment of people... Again and again, Wheeler faces the conundrum of knowing a future he doesn't dare disturb, and he reacts with both frustration and compassion. These dilemmas make for a good and compelling read," said Library Journal. And Publishers Weekly concluded: "Edwards has great fun with time travel paradoxes and anachronisms, but the real romance in this book is with the period, topped by nostalgia for the old-school American elite, as represented by the we-all-went-to-the-same-prep-school Burdens. This novel ends up a sweet, wistful elegy to the fantastic promise and failed hopes of the 20th century." | |
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