A quick little book about reading, writing, and love…is there more to life? Le Mystere Henri Pick, par David Foenkinos (yup, read it in French), is set largely in contemporary Brittany, a young woman editor is searching for a book to publish that is going to establish her reputation. She finds it in a library of unpublishable manuscripts (rejected manuscripts). The mystery is who wrote the book – the name of the manuscript’s cover doesn’t seem to comport with the actual man, deceased, who ran a pizzeria and seemed (to his wife and daughter) barely literate. Foenkinos has barbs and kudos for actual writers near and far, as well as the publishing world.  I happened to open the Goodreads page on the book and saw rave reader reviews in many, many languages. Also a movie will be forthcoming.