A Molotov Cocktail of a Book

Off the Shelf   By Manjula Martin    |   Wednesday, February 08, 2017 I just finished rereading THE LAST SAMURAI, an excellent novel by Helen DeWitt about a genius grad-school dropout named Sibylla, who is raising a genius, her son Ludo. Because Ludo has no father, Sibylla brings him up on repeat viewings of Akira Kurosawa’s film "Seven Samurai," figuring Ludo might as well be exposed to the best male influences, if any at all. READ MORE