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Philosophy Made Simple: A Novel

Philosophy Made Simple: A Novel

by RobertHellenga (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

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Synopsis

Rudy Harrington has spent half his life in a rambling Chicago house, raising three daughters with his independent-minded wife. But his wife has died, his daughters have moved away and Rudy is restless. In what he interprets as a moment of transcendent vision, he puts the family home up for sale and buys an avocado grove in Texas. While adapting to his new vocation, new home, new friends he takes up a book - PHILOSOPHY MADE SIMPLE - and begins to struggle with Plato and Aristotle, Hume and Schopenhauer. His newly acquired wisdom is put to the test when he enlists the neighbourhood elephant to preside over his daughter's Hindu wedding and falls in love with the groom's mother.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 277
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Published: 01 Jun 2006
ISBN 10: 0316013803
ISBN 13: 9780316013802

Media Reviews
'This is, on one level, a brilliant psychological thriller, so tightly plotted that it's hard to put down. But Celyn Jones achieves more than this. Beautifully and allusively written, the novel is a twenty-first century Great Expectations that touches on the idea of ruptured childhood innocence and the alarming fact that we may never really know the people we love. Noirishly gripping ... one of the most readable novels of the year' DAILY MAIL
Author Bio
After receiving his BA from The University of Michigan Hellenga studied at Queens University, Belfast as well as the University of North Carolina before completing a Ph.D. in English Lit at Princeton. He is a professor at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois and author of 3 previous novels.