A How Pretty Town

In A How Pretty Town, the protagonist is an active octogenarian who likes to walk the streets of his hometown of Edmonds, Washington. He is a privileged white man, a competitor still trying to prove himself, a rationalist opposed to what he regards as magical thinking, and a man trying to make sense of, and come to terms with, his life. He has no wish to celebrate his eightieth birthday by skydiving or riding a camel. In the days that remain to him he wants to post, on his interactive blog and o