Twelveyearold Hans Thomas lives alone with his father a man who likes togivehis sons lessons about Life and has a penchant for philosophy. Hans Thomasmother lef... » 

Twelveyearold Hans Thomas lives alone with his father a man who likes togivehis sons lessons about Life and has a penchant for philosophy. Hans Thomasmother left when he was four to find herself and the story begins whenfather and son set off on a trip to Greece where she now lives to try topersuade her to come home. En rout in Switzerland Hans Thomas is given amagnifying glass by a dwarf at a petrol station and the next day he finds atiny book in his bread roll which can only be read with a magnifying glass. Howdid the book come to be there? Why does the dwarf keep showing up? It is allvery perplxing and Hans Thomas has enough to cope with with the dauntingprospect of seeing his mother. Now his journey has turned into an encounterwiththe unfathomable...or does it all have a logical explanation? «