directly from the back of the book: "Friday is a sly, enchanting retelling of the legend of Robinson Crusoe by the man the New Yorker calls "France's best and probably best-known writer." Cast away on a tropical island, Michel Tournier's god-fearing Crusoe sets out to tame it, to remake it in the image of the civilization he has left behind. Alone and against incredibly odds, he almost succeeds. Then a mulatto named Friday appears and teaches Robinson that there are, after all, better things in life than civilization."

Release planned for Monday, November 17, 2003 at Coffee Warehouse--S. Tejon in Colorado Springs, Colorado USA.

I picked this book up last night at the Coffee Warehouse. The famous Sven had it behind the counter. To hear the illustrious Sven on the radio, tune in this weekend to "The Next Big Thing" on NPR.

I hope this book finds its next reader through my Little Free Library.