Day Thirty-One

5/1

The Book: The Fortress of Solitude

ISBN: 0-375-72488-5

Suggested By: Dan Solomon

Where: Home

When: 9:45-10:30P

Music: None

Company: The Family

Pages: 1-55 (55)

The Lead In: The Fortress of Solitude was Superman’s place in Antarctica. Don’t know if Superman is involved in this book.

The 411 on the 55: It’s Brooklyn, 1970s, and Dylan Ebdus is a very uncool kid. Fat, boring, not good at anything, he gets pushed around by everyone. His mom’s outlandish, smokes too much and offends the landlord lady. His dad is working on a movie, painting the individual frames by hand. Dylan is the only white kid on his block and bears the shame of that position. He is into comics, though I am not sure to what extent. 

Line of the Day: “Days were full of gaps, probably because they were too alike. And when something big happened it was impossible to hold it clear. The gaps rushed in even there.” pg 28

The Fact on the Fiction: Apparently a film version, directed by Joshua Marston is currently in pre-production.