The Bavarian Cream Pie: A Lighthearted Tale of Epic Courage

In 1870, a shepherd boy, beloved by his parents, saves his flock from wolves, is orphaned during the Franco-Prussian war, trudges across Germany, stows away to America, and much, much more. In it, the author researches an obscure epic and, undeterred by stifling rules of logic and good sense, records not just his findings but the memorable characters any of us would have liked to have met along the way. Readers with a happy disposition will often slow their reading to enjoy how the author and the unconventional editor have playfully upended written and unwritten rules of publishing, not just once but hundreds of times.