Autumn Rounds (Poulin Jacques)(Paperback / softback)

A miniature masterpiece about the joys of books, cats, travel, and jazz.
A man living alone in Quebec City hears a brassy tune (La java bleue) waft through his apartment window. He follows its chirping out to the street, and there he meets a rollicking troupe of acrobats, jugglers, and musicians--among them a charming Katherine Hepburn-lookalike, Marie. He is enamored by the ensemble's joyful irreverence and they are drawn to his rare devotion to books, cats, and the iris-mottled countryside of Quebec. They set off together. In his bookmobile, he guides the troupe up the craggy coast of the St. Lawrence River. A fine figure with its curves, outfitted with a kitchen, expandable shelves, and--just above the sink--a golden-hued photograph of Shakespeare & Company, the bookmobile wends its way north. Along the way, its driver falls in love and lends book upon book to
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