โ Scribed by Paul Harding
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Ein Roman voll poetischer Kraft und Zรคrtlichkeit
Der Uhrmacher George Washington Crosby liegt, umgeben von seiner Familie, in seinem Haus in dem Stรคdtchen Enon im Sterben. Paul Hardings Roman begleitet ihn durch seine letzten Tage, reist aber auch zurรผck durch die Zeit und spรผrt den Erinnerungen nach, beschwรถrt die Landschaft von Maine herauf, Georges รคrmliche Kindheit, das Leben seines Vaters Howard, der noch als ยปTinkerยซ, als Kesselflicker und fahrender Hรคndler, mit dem Maultierkarren รผber Land zog.
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