Bob the Book
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
Meet 'Bob the Book,' a gay book for sale in a Greenwich Village bookstore, where he falls in love with another book, Moishe. But an unlikely customer separates the young lovers. As Bob wends his way through used book bins, paper bags, knapsacks, and lecture halls, hoping to be reunited with Moishe, he meets a variety of characters, both book and human, including Angela, a widowed copy of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, and two other separated lovers, Neil and Jerry, near victims of a book burning. Among their owners are Alfred and Duane, whose on-again, off-again relationship unites and separates our book friends. Will Bob find Moishe? Will Jerry and Neil be reunited? Will Alfred and Duane make it work? Read 'Bob the Book' to find all the answers...9
Customer Reviews
Witty and Warm LAMBDA Winner!
David Pratt's lovely wonderful book about the lives of books. The books are like pets with even less agency and yet carrying the wit, wisdom and personality of their subjects. Pratt plays with this idea well using it to gently parody some popular trends.
Bob the main character is immensely likable and I'm sure you will be as surprised as I was by how delighted and moved I was by the end of this first rate novel. It is wonderful!