The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World

The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World is the newest book by EL Konigsberg, who is one of the most brilliant writers ever, in my opinion. Reading From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler changed my life. The idea of living in a museum like that was just amazing. I was ready to run away. (I never did.) Then I read Up from Jericho Tel, a brilliant mystery about two trailer park kids and the ghost of Tallulah Bankhead. One of my favorite books of all time. This new book is the third in a series of loosely related books. The first was Silent to the Bone about a boy who refuses to speak after being accused of a horrible crime. The next was The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, which deals with the indignities of sleepaway camp and also what exactly the definition of art is. The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World also discusses art and who gets to decide what art is exactly. Does anybody have that right? Adoph Hitler thought he did. The book also talks about what ahppened to the art and artists that Hitler didn't care for. This book really isnt a mystery in the traditional sense. It is more of a mystery in the way that life is a mystery.