The American LitBlog Co-Op has chosen Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife by Sam Savage as its Autumn 2006 Read This! Selection. Janelle reviewed this on RSB back in May and loved it, saying:
Savage holds a doctoral degree in Philosophy from Yale University so it should come as no surprise that this slim volume is full of more questions than answers. Whether Firmin, capable of consciousness and immersion into the great works of fiction, is a better mirror for humanity’s frailities because he is a rat is difficult to state. What is apparent is that Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife merits repeated readings for Savage has filled its pages with much food for thought. This gem of a book should be a treasured addition to any bibliophile’s bookshelf.
Readers Comments
Well, if you want to play this game, I read FIRMIN a week before Janelle reviewed it -- picked the sucker up at BEA and read it on the plane back -- and decided to sit upon my hosannas until I had the right time. As it so happens, my name was drawn by the LBC and they too liked it.
Or to put it another way, YOUR MOMMA READ ATLAS SHRUGGED!
Hehehehe -- well, I suppose I best read it now then! Thanks for your nonsense Ed!