Picked up this gem again yesterday and couldn't resist but tinker with the enigmatic cover using #Litsy filters. This is cool stuff.

Can we have More exquisite covers please ?

#Narcopolis #JeetThayil

This Book has easily made it's way into my Top 5 list, just like a passenger in a bus finds his way to an empty seat. No second thoughts and No hiccups. There is something about Epistolary novels that gets me,the honesty and humour being 2 of the many beautiful things that Hanff infuses into her writing, it almost transports you to the period and places mentioned in this book. I finished reading this Book in a single seating. I wish never ended.

"If you're happy in a dream, does that count?"

This is literally what I thought after reading this exquisite, plaintive tale told in the most charming way. There is something about the way Miss Roy draws you into her world ( seems natural as it's partially auto-biographical ) , if you like it you will fall in love with it and if you don't then you stand outside her world and look at it as the history house. It's sadly beautiful & beautifully sad.