The Extraordinary Life of Francis Wonder

<p>After the war the world is mean and dispiriting lacking in meaning and full of vehemence.</p><p>The returning hero Francis Wonder cannot stay. He sets off to find a place with a different kind of currency: wonder. Somewhere he can be at ease.</p><p>After travelling the world he reaches a place to settle and founds his own town a town that becomes a magnet for the world's most charmingly eccentric characters.</p><p>As the inhabitants of the Town of Wonder settle into their extraordinary lives a trickster with a magic watch appears threatening to turn all their fortunes upside down.</p>