Memoir from Antproof Case | Bookzio

An outdated man recounts the raucous journey of his life via struggle, obsession and the twentieth century on this “rapturous and melancholy new novel” (The New York Times).
An outdated American who lives in Brazil is writing his memoirs. Call him Oscar Progresso—or no matter else you want. He sits in a mountain backyard in Niterói, overlooking the ocean. As he reminisces and writes, putting the pages fastidiously in his antproof case, an epic journey unfolds. We be taught that he was a World War II ace who was shot down twice, an funding banker who met with popes and presidents, and a person who was by no means not in love.
But that doesn’t start to cowl our narrator’s immense and interesting journey via the twentieth century. He was additionally the thief of the century, a assassin, and a protector of the harmless. All his life he waged a valiant, dropping, one-man battle towards the world’s most insidious enslaver: espresso.
The acclaimed creator of Winter’s Tale and A soldier of the Great War, Mark Helprin now affords “a tour de force that combines adventure, romance and an overview of the 20th century into a bittersweet narrative” (Publishers Weekly, starred evaluation).