Driving Mr Albert
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.72 (848 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 034911241X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Paterniti's improbable travelling companion is 84-year-old Thomas Harvey, the pathologist who not only removed Einstein's brain from his head during the autopsy but purloined it from Princeton Hospital also! Storing the great scientist's brain in Tupperware zipped inside a grey duffel-bag, they rent a Buick Skylark, and drive from New Jersey to Ohio, Kansas City to Dodge City, Los Alamos to Las Vegas, finally achieving their bizarre reunion in Berkeley, California. This extraordinary travel book tells the true story of how in 1997 writer Michael Paterniti agreed to take a road trip from New Jersey to California, reuniting the preserved brain of the great scientist Albert Einstein (1879-1955) with his granddaughter Evelyn. A singular journey - and a unique book.
Kerouac meets Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil A Customer I read this book in a single day, laughing out loud every few pages and ignoring incoming phonecalls, visitors, and mealtimes along the way--whatever might come between me and Driving Mr. Albert. It's a quirky, sweet, smart, and sometimes sad tale built on the backs of three great characters--Michael Paterniti, Dr. Harvey, and Einstein's brain. The writing is stunning straight th. Great Brook, Brings Back Memories Jumper was one of my favorite books as a teenager. Reading it as an adult makes me realize how much I have changed and how my views of the world and society have changed as well. The book's main character is a teenager and it is written through his understanding of the world as a teenager. When I was a teenager, I was like, "Yeah, I relate to him". As an adult, I see how shallow . Saw the movie first and found the book to be Saw the movie first and found the book to be a vastly different story. This book spent a lot of time on character development but in the end there were lots of unanswered questions. Perhaps the author was laying the foundation for a sequel? While this book was a pleasant read, this reader was left unsatisfied that in the end there was no resolution to some of the key themes and q
. He is a journalist for Harpers Magazine, and DRIVING MR ALBERT is based on a famous article in its October 1997 edition. Michael Paterniti is writing a novel but this is his first book
'It's impossible to put this book down. Paterniti has written a work at once entertaining, psychologically rich and emotionally sophisticated - a feat as rare as, well, Einstein himself' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 'masterfully observed, surreal exchanges.' DAILY MAIL 'Michael Paterniti has more talent than he knows what to do with DRIVING MR ALBERT gleams with good phrases.' SUNDAY HERALD 'Peterniti cuts through the country's heart like a laser beamilluminating the complex formula that is the USA.' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Travel writers have come up with some weird and wonderful ideas for books in recent years, butDRIVING MR ALBERT r