The Most Amazing Thing

by Robert Grudin

The Most Amazing Thing, is the extravagant narrative of Desmond Ruck, a midlife down-and-outer who stumbles into a big-crime shootout, escapes in a van filled with billions, and journeys across America in a series of bizarre encounters and close escapes. Safe at last, Ruck embarks on a number of outsized philanthropic ventures. But his largesse and compassion get him into really big trouble.

Genres: Nonfiction

386 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2001

About the author

Grudin graduated from Harvard, and earned a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of California, Berkeley in 1969. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship for 1992-1993. Until 1998 he was a professor of English at the University of Oregon. He has written about many political and philosophical themes including liberty, determinism, and several others.

Reviews

[Jeffrey]

What would you do if you found a trillion dollars that belonged to some drug lords who have jsut been killed? Well, if you have the liberal arts education of Robert Grudin, you'd think of a pretty good way to spend the money -- to have fun and to save the world the same time. This is a great uplifiting adventure.