From amazon.com: Nathan Glass has come to Brooklyn to die. Divorced, retired, estranged from his only daughter, the former life insurance salesman seeks only solitude and anonymity. Then Glass encounters his long-lost nephew, Tom Wood, who is working in a local bookstore--a far cry from the brilliant academic career Tom had begun when Nathan saw him last. Tom's boss is the colorful and charismatic Harry Brightman--a.k.a. Harry Dunkel--once the owner of a Chicago art gallery, whom fate has also brought to the "ancient kingdom of Brooklyn, New York."

Through Tom and Harry, Nathan's world gradually broadens to include a new circle of acquaintances. He soon finds himself drawn into a scam involving a forged page of The Scarlet Letter, and begins to undertake his own literary venture, The Book of Human Folly, an account of "every blunder, every pratfall, every embarrassment, every idiocy, every foible, and every inane act I have committed during my long and checkered career as a man."
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I bought this from Borders at Coit and Arapaho last year before that location was closed. I just realized I hadn't registered it yet.

I enjoyed this touching story filled with quirky, flawed, yet likeable characters. It was a humorous reminder of what life can throw at you. How you respond is the real story.

I caught the book through a book chain letter. Read it at the lake and loved it.

CAUGHT IN AUSTIN TEXAS UNITED STATES

Looking forward to reading this!

I received this book from a co-worker in NYC. I live in NJ. The book sat on myself for a long while --maybe a year or two--before I got around to reading it. I just finished. Very enjoyable read. Now passing on to another friend.