Thursday, September 21, 2023

REDHEAD BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD by Anne Tyler

 Finished Tu 9/19/23

This is one of the hardbacks that Janny loaned me. It's a new novel by Anne Tyler and was published in 2020.

A profile of a male character that was unique. A man alone who is a 'Tech Hermit' and fixes computers for home users. His cliental reminds me of myself when I call a computer serviceman. 

A slim novel and I read it in a couple of sittings. I really liked the book because it was so different. 

From the book's page at Amazon:

"Micah Mortimer is a creature of habit. A self-employed tech expert, superintendent of his Baltimore apartment building, cautious to a fault behind the steering wheel, he seems content leading a steady, circumscribed life.

But one day his routines are blown apart when his woman friend (he refuses to call anyone in her late thirties a "girlfriend") tells him she's facing eviction, and a teenager shows up at Micah's door claiming to be his son. These surprises, and the ways they throw Micah's meticulously organized life off-kilter, risk changing him forever.

An intimate look into the heart and mind of a man who finds those around him just out of reach, and a funny, joyful, deeply compassionate story about seeing the world through new eyes, Redhead by the Side of the Road is a triumph, filled with Anne Tyler's signature wit and gimlet-eyed observation."

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