A hard boiled 12 year old short, anger prone character self -nicknamed “Huge” with a mystery commissioned by his grandmother living in a retirement center makes this debut quite excellent. Maybe “Soft boiled” is a better fit. Memorable character development.
Anyways. It’s also doesn’t come out until this summer like Border Songs so I’ll give my copies of both books to whomever would like them. Choose one or the other to share the written love around.
It doesn’t come out until June of this year, but Border Songs by Jim Lynch is even better than “The Highest Tide” which I loved. Taking place in Washington State, Brandon is a reluctant border guard who closer to birds than most people. Nice meditations on natural art, storytelling, and Canadian/US relations. Highly recommended!
Okay all you non-math heads listen up: Get your fun higher math fix with Rudy Rucker’s Mathematicians in Love. Two Math grad students competing for the same woman and ripping open the space time continuum in the process. Surfing, alien tourists, 24 hour blogging- What’s not to love?