Literary Humor 1993

Shipping News by Annie Proulx

Published in Spanish as Atando cabos

At thirty-six, Quoyle, a third-rate newspaperman is wrenched violently out of his world when his two-timing wife meets her just desserts.

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A love that builds slowly · it makes you laugh

What happens in it

Slow-burn romance

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Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you don't mind a love story that takes its time
  • you like dry, sideways humour
  • you like to close a book feeling better

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