Product Description

Morley's "Duet" follows one Roger Mifflin, an itinerant, literate pixie on his mission to bring books to the ordinary and elite alike in his bookstore-on-wheels. But love of books soon turns deeper as he encounters and eventually marries Helen, and fulfills his dream of opening a real bookshop (albeit "haunted") in Brooklyn. Wherein the booksellers become embroiled in a plot to assassinate the President of the United States. A must read for book lovers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3102413 in Books
• Published on: 2000-12
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 282 pages

Review
"Chistopher Morley is the most observant, all-seeing, and air-sniffing guy I know." -- Louis Greenfield

"Morley is a wit, a man of letters, an artist, and a personal force." -- William Lyon Phelps

About the Author
Christopher Darlington Morley was born tens years before the turn of the century in Haverford, Pennsylvania. Through his career, he was recognized as one of America's most popular writers. A brilliant novelist, Morley was also known for his ability to combine sentiment and satire in essays and poetry. He was founder and editor (1924-1941) of the Saturday Review of Literature. He died in 1957.

Customer Reviews

Good book, shoddy publication quality
These two classics are a wonderful read, but not in this edition. Never have I seen so many typos and misprints. It's like reading uncorrected page proofs. For a (price) paperback, the book should have been proofed! I ordered multiple copies as gifts but returned them because I'd be ashamed to give them to friends. I strongly recommend readers track down an older edition from a different publisher!

THE book for bibliophiles
This is the first time I've seen both "Parnassis on Wheels" and its sequel, "The Haunted Bookshop", together in one volume. These are hard books to peg into a certain category - they are mainly conversation-driven, as opposed to being action-driven, but there *is* some adventure. I hate to say any more about them because I hate giving away storylines. I would not recommend this book to die-hard "action" or "romance" readers, though there is a little of both in these books... Bibliophiles would definitely enjoy these books. For example, if you liked "Bachelor Brothers' Bed and Breakfast" by Bill Richardson, you will like this book. Both are funny, charming, and light-hearted, and talk about (my favorite subject) books. If you love books, I think these two (Parnassis and Bookshop) will give you a delightful read.

Two charming books for book lovers.
"Parnassus on Wheels," originally published in 1917, charmed me when I read it (in the 1950s), and is probably "the reason" why I became a librarian, and now a book supplier. (I'm not sure having a horse-drawn wagon and selling books that way, would be fun today, but it's still a charming book.)