About book La Fantastica Storia Dell'ottantunenne Investito Dal Camioncino Del Latte (2014)
I was looking for a quick read after a marathon GoTs session and noticed this one. It's one of those books that you jump into without knowing much about it apart from Frank being knocked over. Well nothing much does happen, the most riveting storyline is if he'll get his cat back! It's such an excellent book that it doesn't matter. Frank is funny,eccentric and so easy to fall in love with; his little flights of fancy really made me smile and I felt like I really got inside his head, the empathy I had made me feel like I knew him. The fact that Frank doesn't have adventures (like the 100 year old man) made him more real. The authors notes at the end saying he hopes his readers will telephone their parents/grandparents brought a lump to my throat. Frank reminded me of my Grandad; everyone should look out after the Frank in their lives. Firstly thank you to Natasha at Pan Mac for sending me a copy of this book to read and review, and also thank you to J.B. Morrison himself for the guest post about his love for independent book posts and you can check that out here!This is the story of Frank Derrick. He’s 81 and finds himself with a broken arm after being run over by a milk float. On returning home from the hospital he agrees to some hope help and that is how Christmas comes into his life.I absolutely loved Frank! He’s the main character and the story is told from his perspective throughout the entire novel. I didn’t know how much I would be able to relate to Frank as a character but was quickly reassured when I found I could relate to him indirectly through the memories of my Papa. Frank lives on his own, and my papa also lived on his own for about a year and reading this story made me wonder whether my papa and Frank were similar. Some things I could easily see were similar, almost uncanny! I found Frank’s sense of humour really funny with some real laugh out loud moments as he gets up to all sorts of mischief and his dry sense of humour was another thing that reminded me of my papa. On the back of the book it says that this story is familiar and to me it really was in that respect.I loved how Frank’s story was told in a self-deprecating way, with an honest and insightful account of what it might be like to reach his age, living on your own and then having to manage with the imposition of having a broken arm!This was a really enjoyable read with an addictive writing style throughout. I was hooked on the novel and couldn’t put it down without a struggle!
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Disappointed with the last few chapters seemed to lose its way
—Yetel31
Simply beautiful! A funny gentle book that makes me smile
—davidlandeck
I think you should read this book. You'd like it.
—loveisneverugly
