The Brothers K by David James Duncan

I love to buy this book, the most moving novel I have ever read, for people. Any people, really, although I suppose it’s most often been men I was trying to fall in love with and lightly testing (“will they read a book I give them?” is crucial as someone whose love language is recs). There are two extra copies on my desk right now, if you need one and wanna swing by.

This book has got everything: baseball, siblings, religion, love letters. I worked at a bookstore for several years and I hand sold over 100 copies of the Brothers K, and had dozens of conversations with people who wanted to come back to tell me how much they loved it. How much it meant to them. That never happens!! It will probably mean something to you, too!!!! Just a guess.

(“your fairy book” mentioned in the text is “Little, Big” by John Crowley — also a banger, but not for the easily bored…)