A Stuga On the Cusp of the Orust Riviera, tucked away next to a hobbit hole in the woods.
bookshelves: published-2003, paper-read, lifestyles-deathstyles, hardback, winter-20132014, bellybutton-mining, amusing, giftee, lit-richer
Dedication: For Margaret
Opening: Good morning, it's January and it's 4:17am, and I'm going to sit here in the dark
Emmett (I am sure that means 'ant' in Cornish!) is an editor of medical textbooks and is married to a Claire, who likes to read in bed at night.
pub 2003
lit-richer
paper> hardback
giftee
belly-button> OCD> existenstial angst
amusing
duck worry
My first quibble came early and it had to do with the blurb not the book itself: 'A man gets up earlier and earlier each day': he doesn't, and that ant query seems to be spot-on: see page 163.
This is a perfect New Year's eve book - each chapter read outloud by a different person whilst the others watch the fire and sip brandied coffee, giggle, and contemplate emulating the New Year's Dawn Watch with hot flasks and doubled-up mittens. This whimsical story has made for a beautiful collective consciousness for some close friends at the last embers of a dying year.
slow tv - perfect accompaniment
The music is James Taylor
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