[Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin]

Yeah, the explanation is kind of odd, but then again, so is the novel. Very interesting though.


Everything Is Illuminated

-Jonathan Safren Foer

...Huh? I missed something.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

http://www.alibris.com/search/search.cfm?qwork=2176037&wauth=Foer%2C%20Jonathan%20Safran&matches=127&qsort=r&cm_re=works*listing*title

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

The first five words of my screen name comprise a recurring phrase used by the protagonist of that novel.

The author is related to Franklin Foer, a writer for The New Republic.

He's an obnoxious liberal who lives in Park Slope, but he did manage to write one pretty good work of fiction, IMO.