A famous rock star in 1970s America who inexplicably finds himself in 19th century Vienna, Wheeler Burden acquires an arch rival, a captivating love interest, and a mentor named Sigmund Freud. But the truth at the center of his dislocation in time remains a stubborn mystery that will take months of exploration and a lifetime of memories to unravel and will, in the end, reveal nothing short of his eccentric family’s unrivaled affect upon the very course of the coming century.
A work of unequaled storytelling, The Little Book is a deeply affecting achievement that announces Selden Edwards as one of the most inventive and accomplished novelists writing today.