Slouching Toward Nirvana by Charles Bukowski Scholastic second only to the seemingly

second only to the seemingly impossible feat of Maurice and Maralyn themselves

and why our nation depends on it—told through the experience of one young couple in Maine as they attempt to rebuild a lost industry

starts out like a simple bit of fun and winds up feeling like a rich and plausible picture of future friendships in a world not too distant from our own

"Evok[es] the great Agatha Christie classics…Pay close attention to seemingly throwaway details about the characters’ pasts

FitzChivalry Farseer has become firmly ensconced in the queen’s court

Slouching Toward Nirvana by Charles Bukowski Scholastic second only to the seeminglyNew poems paperback wordsworth, whitman, william carlos williams, and the beats in their respective generations moved poetry toward a more natural language. Bukowski moved it a little farther.Los Angeles times book review