A stirring tribute to the power of storytelling takes place on a remote New Guinea island and combines Dickens and life in wartime.
Mister Pip is a haunting New Zealand book by Lloyd Jones that's being pipped (er, sorry) to win the prestigious Booker Prize next month. It's a brief but lingering read, a kind of combination of Dead Poets Society and Hotel Rwanda that pays homage to the mysterious power of storytelling. Set on a remote New Guinea island during a time of...