Michael
Leonard and Hungry Paul is about two slightly weird best friends. Leonard’s mother has just died, and Hungry Paul lives with his parents. His older sister is getting married. That is it. What can I say that others haven’t? Not much. But that is okay.
This is a moving, charming, warm, and gentle novel about two quiet and kind men. There is no real drama; there are no damaged feelings. The wedding goes off without a hitch and at the end Leonard may have a girlfriend, and Hungry Paul may have found a job, albeit a very weird one.
This is a novel about good and loving people, and except for Leonard’s mother dying before the start of the novel, nothing bad happens. It is also a novel about the value of silence and of simple pleasures, like board games and jig saw puzzles and watching the birds in the bird feeders. Reading this was like sitting on a porch looking at the flowers swaying in the wind. It is not a cute book, although there are cute moments in it. It is a sometimes profound book. It is a perfect book for these times
Leonard and Hungry Paul is about two slightly weird best friends. Leonard’s mother has just died, and Hungry Paul lives with his parents. His older sister is getting married. That is it. What can I say that others haven’t? Not much. But that is okay.
This is a moving, charming, warm, and gentle novel about two quiet and kind men. There is no real drama; there are no damaged feelings. The wedding goes off without a hitch and at the end Leonard may have a girlfriend, and Hungry Paul may have found a job, albeit a very weird one.
This is a novel about good and loving people, and except for Leonard’s mother dying before the start of the novel, nothing bad happens. It is also a novel about the value of silence and of simple pleasures, like board games and jig saw puzzles and watching the birds in the bird feeders. Reading this was like sitting on a porch looking at the flowers swaying in the wind. It is not a cute book, although there are cute moments in it. It is a sometimes profound book. It is a perfect book for these times