The Bookman's Tale: A Novel of Obsession Review
--Spoilers-- Summary The Bookman's Tale: A Novel of Obsession by Charlie Lovett is broken up into three time periods: The Distant Past (1592-1879) The Recent Past (1983-1994) The Present (1995) The Present The story begins with Peter Byerly in 1995. He is a young antiquarian bookseller who is in mourning over his wife's death. It has been nine months since Amanda's passing when he finally finds the interest to enter a bookshop and browse around. He has always been a shy and anxious type of person, so breathing in the books and holding them brings him a sense of calm. One book draws his attention because of the exquisite binding, which reminds him of his university days when he was learning the art of book binding. But inside this book is the spitting image of his dead wife, only it is a century old. The watercolor painting by a mysterious painter named "B.B." starts the fire burning within Peter, and he hunts down the painting's origin to fi...