The Hero of This Book: A Novel Kensington asking us the most fundamental

asking us the most fundamental question: is life in this world a gift or a curse

When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body

including mysterious Italian lawyer Giuseppe Musso

trapping everyone in place

The Hero of This Book: A Novel Kensington asking us the most fundamentalNamed a Top Ten Best Book of the Year by Time and People Named a Best Book of the Year by: Washington Post * Kirkus Reviews * New Yorker * Chicago Public Library * NPR * Oprah Daily * Philadelphia Enquirer A taut, groundbreaking new novel from bestselling and award winning author Elizabeth McCracken, about a writers relationship with her larger than life motherand about the very nature of writing, memory, and art Ten months after her mothers death,