It would have been fitting to see her win the prestigious prize, especially as it’s always good to see women winning. He is young and relatively unknown while Anne Tyler’s book is her 20 th and (she says) her last. In the event the panel chose A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James. In fact one may even identify a little with these people.Īnne Tyler’s novel A Spool of Blue Thread was hotly tipped to win the Man Booker Prize 2015. Her main characters have some kind of flaw which enables one to view them sympathetically. Micah makes it through with affectionate support from his family and some understanding he gains from the episode with Brink. But personal problems seem beyond him until he helps resolve Brink’s problems and going in search of Cass. There are some rich cameos and typical computer problems which allows us to see that Micah is a thoughtful man and a good problem-solver when is dealing with technical things. The occasion helps him to gain some insight into how other people see him when his ex-girlfriend explains a thing or two.īetween scenes that move the plot on we follow Micah to his various jobs, see other isolated and incompetent people. But he does the right thing and manages to reunite Brink with his mother and stepfather. And he is not sure what to do about Brink when the boy first runs away and then returns. He also finds it hard to understand why she left. Meanwhile Micah’s large family are dismayed at Cass’s departure. Her description of this awkward youth is very apt and illustrates his inability to deal with the problems he has caused.
The youth seems to have no plans beyond finding Micah, who is able to say categorically that he is not Brink’s father. Brink claims, even hopes, that Micah might be his father as his mother was Micah’s first girlfriend. She gives up on him when his response is not what she wanted.Īnne Tyler is at her most perceptive when she observes the young man who turns up after an argument at home. The novel begins when his latest woman friend, Cass, tells him that she may be made homeless. The title refers to what he glimpses every day on his daily run, which quickly resolves into a fire hydrant. He is a man of routine, but also of kindness, but with no insight into the impression he makes on others. He lives alone having had a small number of failed relationships. Micah Mortimer lives in Baltimore, working as a janitor and he also provides computer services.
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