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I wasn’t, which left me hungry at the end. This book is charming, if short – actually, more novella than novel. But Tyler’s work shines brightest in characterization, and she remains in top form here. There’s humor here, and a family crisis, and a love story or two. His family knows him, loves him, and indulges his quirks. Poor guy, he doesn’t connect well with women, despite the best of intentions. Micah is also the super of his apartment building, more quirky characters there.īut Micah himself is the main voice, the one with whom we sympathize, even when we know that what he has just said or done will not bring the result that he wants. It is a book about nothing in particularbut at the same time it is a. The story is told from the POV of one Micah Mortimer, a good-natured forty-something oddball whose business, aptly named Tech Hermit, has him helping people with the simplest of computer chores. This is the life of Micah Mortimer, the protagonist of Anne Tyler’s latest novel, Redhead by the Side of the Road. I downloaded the Audible edition the day it was published. I’m a long-time fan of the author and jumped when I saw she had a new book out. If so, Redhead by the Side of the Roadis for you. Do you love this title? Do you love witty prose and quirky characters and off-kilter love stories, not to mention family dilemmas that are unique in their very commonness? Do you love reading anything that has Anne Tyler’s name on it?
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