A Word or Two
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Andreae, Christopher, PUBLISHER: PublishAmerica, A walrus ong>sortong> ong>ofong> book. Remember Lewis Carrollas verse? aaThe time has come, a the Walrus said, / aTo talk ong>ofong> many things: / ong>Ofong> shoes a and ships a and sealing-wax a / ong>Ofong> cabbages a and kings...aa In this book ong>ofong> miscellaneous ong>essaysong>, to , the author makes wry, funny, touching, familiar, and unexpected observations ong>ofong> ong>allong> ong>sortong>s ong>ofong> things that have occurred during his time spent living variously in city, country, and suburbia. (His time living on Mars goes discreetly unmentioned.) His odd mix ong>ofong> unpretentiously contentious themes ranges from a brusque bookseller who turns out to be affable, to a suicidal sheep who opts for life after ong>allong>, to an eccentric schoolmaster who wags his finger while quoting T. S. Eliot, to the questionable state ong>ofong> Queen Elizabethas fingernails. Discombobulating but rarely disastrous encounters abound a with precocious six-year-olds, mischievous mice, platefuls ong>ofong> inedible seashells, and a quiet American in Edinburgh looking for a girl heas never met. A good bedtime, or anytime, read written by an adept wordsmith.