A review by silverliningsandpages
At the Lucky Hand: Aka the Sixty-Nine Drawers by Goran Petrović

challenging informative mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Adam, a philology student and part time proof reader is commissioned to make revisions to a book that is now out of print. He and the instructing clients have the ability to transport into the world of books and meet other readers within the text.  Adam unravels a mystery, and also finds that love and intimacy can blossom between people who are reading simultaneously...

Whilst the writing style was a bit challenging for me, I loved the concept and originality of this novel. If you enjoy a touch of magical realism, a story within a story and a book that celebrates the transportive power of literature, you might like to try this.

“Kasmuk, when some book starts to thoroughly engross you, do you have the feeling you aren’t alone, that besides you there are other people, similarly captivated, who by a concurrence of events, by the law of probability, have simultaneously begun to read on the opposite side of the city, in another city, possibly even in another part of the world!”

At the Lucky Hand has won Serbia’s highest literary award and has been published worldwide in twenty languages.  Thank you to Atsomptebookclub for kindly sending me this, their November book in exchange for an honest opinion.