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crankylibrarian
Oct 15, 2011crankylibrarian rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A creepy, yet ultimately moving version of the Benjamin Buttons premise; a life lived backwards. An unnamed entity narrates its experiences sharing the body and life of one Todd Friendly, an elderly man with many dark secrets. Friendly's true identity becomes horrifically apparent as he "youthens" into active adulthood in Nazi era Germany, but the foreshadowing of his destiny provides many sinister clues. Less gimmicky than it sounds, a profound look at mortality and banal evil.