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Author Book Choices

Mr Toppit

We asked our Featured Author, Charles Elton, author of Mr Toppit, to recommend three books to our readers.

A Book Of Common Prayer by Joan Didion

My favorite book. The story of a dysfunctional woman whose daughter is kidnapped by terrorists and her journey to a corrupt Caribbean island. The fact that all emotion is stripped out makes it somehow more moving.

Letting Go by Philip Roth

His first novel. Much more conventional and less Roth-y than the later ones, but a wonderful novel.

The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta

Rather like Anne Tyler, Perrotta writes about good people trying to live decent lives against the odds. Funny and sad and true.