Tato série sleduje osudy Paula Chowdera, mimořádně erudovaného, ale zároveň nepříliš okázalého protagonisty. Jeho pozorování světa kolem něj jsou často nečekaně vtipná a odhalují hlubší pravdy o lidské povaze. Každý příběh nabízí jedinečnou směs intelektuálního humoru a laskavého pohledu na život.
Baker's novel is narrated by Paul Chowder, a poet of some little reknown who is sitting in his barn most of the time trying to write the introduction to a new anthology of poetry called 'Only Rhyme'. What unfolds is a wholly entertaining and beguiling love story about poetry, among other things.
Paul Chowder is a poet, but he's fallen out of love with writing poems. He hasn't fallen out of love with his ex-girlfriend Roz, though. In fact he misses her desperately. As he struggles to come to terms with Roz's new relationship with a doctor, Paul turns to his acoustic guitar for comfort and inspiration, and fills his days writing protest songs, going to Quaker meetings, struggling through Planet Fitness workouts, wondering if he could become a techno DJ, and experimenting with becoming a cigar smoker.
Unabh. Forts. v. "Der Anthologist". - Der Protagonist, der amerikanische Lyriker Paul, erzielt einen beruflichen Achtungserfolg, träumt von Musik und Tabaksorten, jagt seiner Ex-Freundin hinterher und liebt das Leben mit allen Kompromissen