Ben Sherwood - The Man Who Ate the 747
Publisher: Bantam (March 2, 2004) | Language: English | ISBN-10: 0553382624 | EPUB + MOBI | 288 pages | 1.9 mb + 0.3 mb
Publisher: Bantam (March 2, 2004) | Language: English | ISBN-10: 0553382624 | EPUB + MOBI | 288 pages | 1.9 mb + 0.3 mb
John Smith is a Keeper of Records for the world-famous Book of Records. For the past 14 years, he has traveled the globe to verify records in innumerable categories, making his work the family that he does not have. When he gets news of a man in Superior, NE, who is eating a 747, he drives there to check it out. Although gluttony records have been banned by the Committee of The Book, Smith finds that the plane is being eaten for love and asks for special dispensation from the Committee. Wally Chubb's eating of the 747 is actually his latest and greatest attempt to get Willa Wyatt to fall in love with himDan attempt he started when he was ten. When Smith meets Willa, he forgets everything he thought he knew about love and soon realizes that in this category everyone sets his or her own record. Sherwood, senior producer for the NBC Nightly News, has written numerous articles as an investigative journalist. This novel confirms his ability to craft characters that live and breathe. This well-written debut is romantic, suspenseful, ridiculous, and, finally, satisfying. Recommended.