The Bibliophile's Compass

Title : Nothing to See Here Author : Kevin Wilson Publication Year : 2019, October 29 Pages : 288 Rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Genre : Literary fiction, Humor, Magical Realism, Fantasy Source : eBook Opening Sentence : In the late spring of 1995, just a few weeks after I’d turned twenty-eight, I got a letter from my friend Madison Roberts. “Nothing to See Here” by Kevin Wilson is a humorous story about an unusual friendship between Lillian and Madison. The narrative shifts between the origins of their friendship—how it began and how it should have ended but didn’t—and their current lives together. While the story centres on this odd friendship, the main plot revolves around Lillian taking care of Madison’s famous political husband’s children as a governess. There’s one unusual twist: the children literally catch on fire when they become agitated, representing either a physical or psychological illness or just being neurodivergent. I am not sure which one: is it a disability or just simply bein...

🔴 1790 Henry James Pye appointed as British Poet Laureate by King George III 🔴 1828 First theatrical performance of Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein" as "Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein" by Richard Brinsley Peake, starring Thomas Potter Cooke at Covent Garden 🔴 1951 Walt Disney releases animated musical film "Alice In Wonderland", featuring Kathryn Beaumont, J. Pat O'Malley, Ed Wynn, and Sterling Holloway and songs by Sammy Fain and Bob Hilliard

  🔴 1958 Noonday by Pat Barker is published

🔴 1973 Peter Shaffer's musical "Equus" premieres in London 🔴 2016 Liz Moore’s The Unseen World published