Mr Blue Author:Myles Connolly Mr. Blue will introduce you to a most extraordinary character indeed - "Mr. Blue is different, so gloriously different that dull-witted people would think him fantstic and even grotesque. He is a mystic, he has visions, he dreams glorious projects, he flies kites, squanders a fortune, exults in brass bands, lives in a packing box, preaches God ... more »and love, and mercy, and practices charity to the extent of dying to save a Negro friend. Blue is happy, hilariously and outrageously happy, so happy that he is an affront to the normal man who allows poverty or discomfort of business to make him unhappy. In Blue, Mr. Connolly has created a magnificent character. he has described Blue with a riot of imagination and in language that glints and sparkles.: - America
"Myles Connolly has achieved in MR.BLUE the biography of a human paradox...a sort of modern St. Francis." - New York Times« less
Mr. Blue by Myles Connolly - easy read, simple on the surface, profound in its depth. Charming, personable, whimsical Mr. Blue goes from rags to riches then willingly back to rags. A tale of how poverty and suffering enabled him to find immeasurable joy; enabled him to fully engage his faith. [5/5]