THE RUNAWAY JAPANESE BESTSELLER NOW AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH Pre-order now and discover the
enchanting tale of an aged near-blind book-loving king and the stories he collects about
unusual and magical books... __________ A book that makes the sound of turning pages
fractionally too early infuriating its readers a diary shared by two children with painful
secrets a photo album left by a dying father for when his daughter gets married . . . An
elderly book-loving king sends two subjects on a mission: to travel the world collecting
stories about weird and wonderful books. Upon their return they recount their stories for the
king over the course of thirteen nights. From the comically irreverent to the heartrending to
the heartwarming THAT BOOK delves into all that a book can be forming an enchanting
compendium that reveals the ways in which we interact with books and the importance they hold
in our hearts - all told through the tale of two subjects gathering stories about books for
their blind book-loving king. __________
