A review by spinstah
The President's Hat by Antoine Laurain

5.0

I picked up an uncorrected prrof Os this at ALA Annual this yea, and am glad I did. It's a short but very engaging novel set in France in the late 80s. Francois Mitterrand leaves his hat behind at a Paris restaurant, and the man dining next to him takes it. The hat then begins a journey through several different owners each of whom makes some big changes in their life while they have the hat. In this way it's aoat like a series of short stories, but the novel is completely cohesive. There is a montage style epilogue at the end, which I enjoyed. This is a great read, I highly recommend it.