The Leopard Condition:Well Read A Boy Made of Blocks

A Boy Made of Blocks is a funny

freakish and savage by turn - the misanthropic Haller gradually begins to rediscover the lost dreams of his youth

Can he count on a certain LEPrecon fairy to join him in what could well be his last stand

The lessons in this book are prioritized

deeply personal account of life as seen through the eyes of one of America’s best-loved novelists

The Leopard Condition:Well Read A Boy Made of BlocksAn alternate cover edition can be found here. Set in the 1860s, The Leopard tells the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution. The dramatic sweep and richness of observation, the seamless intertwining of public and private worlds, and the grasp of human frailty imbue The Leopard with its particular melancholy beauty and power, and place it among the greatest