A review by knitter22
The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World by E.L. Konigsburg

2.0

When I came across this unknown-to-me audio book on Overdrive, I decided to give it a try. I was hoping it would be something like From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, but that was not the case. Yes, both books are about an older woman's treasure and involve young people, but the resemblance ends there. This one is all over the map in terms of the writing and content (Nazis, Hitler and degenerate art, stolen art, opera, estate liquidation ...) and the real mystery is who the target audience might be (or even should be). When a book includes "from a glance inside her robe it was clear that Mrs. Zender was not a natural blonde", I don't think that is really meant for ten-year-olds. I expected some quirkiness from Konigsburg, but just found The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World to be strange and disjointed.