Yeah... TBT has the ingredients of something wonderful. I'm trying and failing to come up with some sort of cake-related metaphor here. I think the bit I enjoyed most was the story of Elmer Bole's life (because I want it :) ) but there were so many layers of less interesting narrative between it and me. Sigh.

Have you read Kate A's short stories (Not the End of the World)? I've been thinking of getting that...