Now how did I manage to miss this one? Back in the mid- nineties, I was on a must-read-everything-by-or-about-F. Scott-Fitzgerald kick, and I thought I had seen it all. Evidently I was completely deluded as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button seems to have escaped my notice until now. I read through it at a good clip last night and really enjoyed it. Nary a bit of the Jazz-age angst Fitzgerald is so well known for.
Benjamin Button is born under unusual circumstances-at the age of 70. The story of Button's life is told as he ages backwards into infancy. The final stages of Benjamin's life are described so simply and soothingly...it really puts you in the mind of a child. I read the edition illustrated by Calef Brown. The pictures are amusing, but I'm not sure they completely fit the feel of the story. They didn't ruin it for me or anything, I'm just sayin.
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