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Atticus Books
April 2011
On Sale: April 4, 2011
224 pages
ISBN: 0984510583
EAN: 9780984510580
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Fiction
Meet Finch, a corporate drone and blogger who invents words
and imaginary lives, but none as surreal as the life he's
about to lead as a decorative hermit. Meet Mr. Crane, an
eccentric billionaire whose whims and moods change as often
as the landscape outside his employee's cave. Join them both
as they search for naturalistic serenity in a land of
postmodern complexity. Like Mr. Crane, who possesses the resources to build his own
river, shape its path, and control its flow, Himmer
carefully constructs a wondrous setting and creates a
magical allegory that playfully explores the meaning of
society, wealth, and the nature of work, and the limits of
solitude in a networked world. Humor abounds as Finch,
adjusting to a hermetic life, learns to paint poorly, play a
reappearing flute, and contend with countless distractions,
including his employer's topless wife, a meditative lion
trained to befriend him, swarms of droning bees, and his
employer's booming voice from speakers in the brambles.
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