The Truth by Michael Palin
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books (August 13, 2013)
Michael Palin is one of the funniest people alive on this planet. After all, he belongs to the sketch comedy troupe known to everyone as Monty Python. He's not just a comic actor in the movies but also an accomplished author of both fiction and non-fiction alike.
With The Truth, Palin makes a return to fiction, writing a warm and witty story of an everyman, a tantalizing offer, a journey to India, and a search for, what else, the truth.
The main character is Keith Mabbut, a writer whose life is at a crossroads. His marriage is over and his ex-wife is already engaged. His children are both on their own paths with a son involved in theater and a daughter in a relationship.
Trying to figure his life out, Mabbut is offered the opportunity to write the biography of the elusive Hamish Melville. Melville is an influential activist and a humanitarian. Mabbut's journey takes him to India, where he soon feels rejuvenated. The more he learns about Melville, the more he grows to admire the figure. Is Melville really who he claims to be? The truth, as Mabbut discovers, is whatever we choose to make of it.
Wonderfully insightful and compelling, Palin uses his skills to tell the (fictional) story of a man on an extraordinary adventure.
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