Virgil Wander by Leif Enger
Do you ever read a book that immediately gives you a beautiful sense of time and place? Leif Enger’s Virgil Wander was that book for me. There’s no need to know the plot of this wondrous novel; Enger’s true genius is in how he portrays fully dimensional characters who feel like your neighbors and creates a North Shore Minnesotan town that’s straight out of your childhood memories. This is a book to savor and reread, a real treat for those who want their literature to slowly unfurl like a kite being let out to soar.