Misfit: 3 books

The Simpsons’ Springfield may be horrible, but here’s an invitation to explore a far more dreadful community. Welcome to Bustleburg, a dying American metropolis where the mayor has stolen the last eleven elections and polluting vampire industrialists hope to blot out the sun. The...

The city of Bustleburg's problems may be legion -- fires, crime, pollution, vampires -- but no one warned Professor Daniel Teague about woodpeckers. Daniel's house is his sanctuary from the city. All is well until a small, adorable red-headed avian wreaks utter havoc. With the Nature Society,...

The book brings to light the sentiment of loneliness in its varied manifestations.The quiet existence of the aged, the solitary hours spent by the homemakers, the idle moments of an officegoer during vacations, all find an echo in these stories. Reclusive life led by people belonging to the disadvantaged...