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The Little Book
by Selden Edwards
from Dutton Adult

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Edwards is obviously a talented writer with a knack for history, art, philosophy and even baseball
  Time travel is a tricky theme for writers to tackle. It's difficult to make the events and reactions feel real and natural, and to tie up all the loose ends of the plot. It's even harder to do all this and still explore other ideas in the story, giving the fantastic aspects a foundation and relatability. First-time novelist Selden Edwards's tale, THE LITTLE BOOK, presents readers with the story of an amazing family, two members of whom have become dislodged from linear time.
  Beyond the incredible lives... more info

• Instant classic
  This being Selden Edwards first book there isn't much to fall back on, but don't let that sway your decision to read this instant literary classic. I wouldn't say that about just any book and The Little Book is certainly a strange tale for that title, but a truly Wonkaesque story it is. Strange and unbelievable were the first words that came to mind. The protagonist is Frank Standish Burden III (Wheeler), a self-proclaimed every's man who manages to travel back in time using a Delor....I mean....(a little... more info

• The circle of life
  I love time travel books, so I ordered this one right away. After I finished it I went to Amazon to see what other people thought. It is a very different time travel book, an odd romance, and a nice history lesson. Judging by readers' ratings, people are all over the map in their opinions. And, so am I. I have so many questions about what happened, but with time travel stories you have to accept that it might be confusing. After reading the author's afterwords and acknowledgments, I have decided that he is... more info

• Eine kleine mess!
  I am a historical novel junkie, especially ones that include time travel (see Allen Appel, Jack Finney, etc.). I have visited Vienna, my grandfather was Austrian, and I dig Secessionism and anything having to do with fin de siecle Europe. That said, I was very disappointed with this book, especially when reading how it took 35 years to write. Oh, what a tangled, stilted, unintentionally funny story! The characters are wooden at best, they bob along like the marionettes at Schönbrunn Palace from one... more info

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