Title: Come for the fantasy; stay for the authentic touches
Product review: I am always struck, when reading blurbs, reviews and comments about Pinkwater books, by the emphasis on the fantasy, the absurdity, and the loopiness. Lots of authors can do that. Very few authors besides Pinkwater can do that and yet also touch moments of stunning authenticity.Once the lizards show up in this one the book just becomes a finely amusing fantasy. But, before that, when our hero is puttering around his empty house, or working on his model, or taking a public transit bus to a neighboring town, or just generally scheming to keep his parents from getting suspicious, that is where Pinkwater shines. He creates the most self-reliant, self-possessed, competent kids in literature.Good for him. Great for the reader.
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