Medium Rare A National Public Radio (NPR)

A National Public Radio (NPR) Best Book

When a stranger named Charlie Jameson contacts her from London claiming to have discovered a handwritten dictionary of her mother's lost language

From the author of such beloved books as James and the Giant Peach

to fellow students and friends from Minneapolis

Medium Rare A National Public Radio (NPR)From the author of The Portrait of a Mirror, a modern tragicomedy transforms the myth of Icarus into a blazing romp through bureaucracy, B list fame, and college basketball Phil is ordinary. A mid level Washington lobbyist for a decidedly unsexy organization, unhappy in the way all mildly successful, minimally influential men are. That is until the spring of 2019, when Phil's picks for the NCAA March Madness Tournament start panning out, and heads