A Considered Inconvenience

"His mother wanted him to go find a job. His father could have cared less--for Francis, upstairs, didn't make any noise and didn't eat much. In fact, he was less trouble than captives languishing in an evil overlord's dungeon, for he furnished his own bread and water and had no real intention of escaping, overthrowing the throne, or writing dreadful sentimental verse on the walls: 'Here a broken heart,' et cetera."Written in a style reminiscent of the Edwardian-era light novel this...
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"His mother wanted him to go find a job. His father could have cared less--for Francis, upstairs, didn't make any noise and didn't eat much. In fact, he was less trouble than captives languishing in an evil overlord's dungeon, for he furnished his own bread and water and had no real intention of escaping, overthrowing the throne, or writing dreadful sentimental verse on the walls: 'Here a broken heart,' et cetera."Written in a style reminiscent of the Edwardian-era light novel this book is a new romantic comedy of the old school, appropriate for collections of general literary fiction as well as young adult works. It remains modern enough not to read like a period-piece. Francis Merlin Crane has been moved into the town of Little Bend, a town that died when its sense of adventure did. The settings and characters are true to life, the humor lands consistently well without being frivolously shallow, and stays clear of the trap of blind nostalgia. It is a story for people who find value in the people in front of them, who believe in the Chestertonian adventure of the inconvenience rightly considered.