Tinkers by Paul Harding

Tinkers is one of the four books I read on vacation in Kaua'i . None of these books were very long, so it's not that many for a week. I had to take better care of Tinkers as it is a first edition Pulitzer Prize winner, so that meant keeping it in a plastic bag when I was at the beach.

Paul Harding was formerly the drummer for a band called Cold Water Flat. This is Harding's first book, and he wins the Pulitzer. Where do you go from here?

The story is hard to explain, as this book is more about the writing than the plot. George Washington Crosby is a tinker, a man that repairs clocks. As the story begins he lies dying. In his mind he travels through his life, where he is reunited with his father and relives an interesting and painfully impoverished New England youth. Epilepsy and it's effect is the common thread that runs through the family. It is a sad and at the same time heart-warming book. It is great to see that a small book like this get so much notoriety.