The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey: A Novel
Soon to be an Apple Plus series starring Samuel L. Jackson, a masterful, moving novel about age, memory, and family from one of the true literary icons of our time.
Marooned in an apartment that overflows with mementos from the past, 91-year-old Ptolemy Grey is all but forgotten by his family and the world. But when an unexpected opportunity arrives, everything changes for Ptolemy in ways as shocking and unanticipated as they are poignant and profound.
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When I bought this book, I thought I'd gotten a murder mystery with an old man acting as a detective. Now that I've read it, I think the story could be better characterized as a reverse coming-of-age story -- how an old man regains his vitality in order to define and establish his family legacy. Ptolemy, the old man's name, is the first thing that struck me. How do you pronounce it, and why did the author select it? A quick glance at Wikipedia re...read more
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