This book is absolutely perfect for people who loved fairy tales as kids and now hate them for their lack of realism. Plot: Pedro grew up in the Canary Islands, abandoned by his birth parents and reviled by most of the population as a result of having hypertrichosis, a condition by where hair grows constantly across his entire body and face. Colonialism being what it was, Pedro was then abducted as a child and brought to the Kind of France as a fun gift – […]
“being around so many people who are accustomed to the presence of human marvels has made him forgetful.”
Marvelous by Molly Greeley