the graveyard book

For quite a while, Oldest Daughter has been telling me that I should read The Graveyard Book to Youngest Son.  I have not been listening.  Probably because of the title.  Monday, The Graveyard Book won the Newberry.  OK, now I am listening.

I sent off an email to the owner of the local book shop and asked her to either set aside a copy,  or order one.  She emailed back that a copy was being held for me.  I figured I would pick it up Wednesday morning.  I hope it was not a mistake to wait.

This afternoon Neil Gaiman, author of the Graveyard Book, was in New York taping a segment for NPR.    Neil twittered that the engineer of the show informed him that there was not a single place in Manhattan that had a copy of his book.  No amount of money could scare up a copy.  Wow.

A quick check at Amazon tells me that they too are out of the book.  Amazon.  Out.  Wow.

It is possible the last available copy on the planet is sitting under the counter  of the local book shop with my name on it.  I hope it is still there.  I will be at the shop when they open, fingers crossed.

Comments

[moiraeknittoo]

I too would like to read this, and hopefully someday soon. I like his blog and would also like to read his collaborations with Terry Pratchett!