![]() He has grown up at Helmsley House at 375 Willow St., which, from the outside, looks like all the other houses on the street. Helmsley.”Īrcher is the grandson of two famous explorers and naturalists, Ralph and Rachel Helmsley. So it’s fortunate this is story is about no such child. They dress perfectly and walk perfectly and live their lives in the most perfectly perfect way. They live in perfect houses owned by perfect parents. “We all know perfect boys and perfect girls. In the introduction to “The Doldrums,” an unseen narrator introduces us to the protagonist: ![]() ![]() ![]() One of the best books that I have read this year is Nicholas Gannon’s “The Doldrums.” It is one of those books that hooks the reader with the title (what exactly, or better yet, who, are the Doldrums?) I think that a great book is marked very early on in the introduction by the quality of writing and the way the narrator manages to grab the reader’s attention. ![]()
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