The Palace Thief

The Palace ThiefBy: Ethan Canin Extraordinary for its craft and emotional effect . . . [Ethan Canin is] a writer of enormous talent and charm. The Washington Post Character is destiny, wrote Heraclitusand in this collection of four unforgettable stories, we meet people struggling to understand themselves and the unexpected turns their lives have taken. In Accountant, a quintessential company man becomes obsessed with the phenomenal success of a reckless childhood

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the caretaker

With surreal and funny antics throughout

as well as a political activist of prodigious energies

as he tries to regain himself after losing everyone he's ever loved

and anyone who loves mischievous

” Yet she is drawn to his mind

I was so shocked that I lost my squeak

Sir Ken often observed that what separates us from the rest of life on Earth is our power of imagination: the ability to bring to mind things that are not present to our senses

At his residential school—one of the worst in Canada—he was physically and emotionally abused

making him the preeminent author of ocean adventure and suspense

a World War II veteran of mixed ancestry