This beautiful writing draws the reader deep into the mind of a 91-year-old living in squalor who is searching the remnants of his memories; after his memory is temporarily restored by a miraculous but toxic drug, he takes action to ensure his legacy.
A legacy of mysticism haunts three generations in this seductively eerie noel, which moves back and forth in time, from the Appalachian Mountains in the 1940's Virginia to present-day New York. -- New York Times