Description

Inside the basement of the Boston bookstore, Firmin comes into the world in a shredded backup Finnegans Wake, nurtured on an eating plan of Zane Grey, Woman Chatterley’s Enthusiast, and Jane Eyre (which tastes nearly the same as lettuce). He consumes—soon digest him for Firmin hopes—all the literature, thoughts, actions, and what, while these books are gnawed by his twelve siblings obliviously. Emboldened by reading, drunk by attention, looking for food, Firmin endeavors out-of his bookstore refuge, carrying with him all of the failings and yearnings of mankind itself. It’s too much to ask of the rat—especially when his house is on the brink of annihilation.A book that's by turns optimistic, heartbreaking, and amusing, Firmin is just a masterpiece of literary creativity.