The Dodecahedron: or A Frame for Frames Book

I was assigned The Dodecahedron in a university English lit course I despised, the professor of which had a way of ruining any piece of literature she taught. Naturally, I was dreading the point in our syllabus where we reached this book. Said professor introduced the book to us by saying that when she had contacted the publisher for copies for the class, she was scoffed at and told that a first year university class would not be a suitable demographic for the book at hand. I was preparing myself for certain doom.
To my pleasant surprise, I not only survived my reading of The Dodecahedron, but I thoroughly enjoyed it as well. Glennon has crafted something truly beautiful and unique in this interconnected compilation of frame tales. Each story, while short, offers well defined and developed characters and intriguing plot lines that often spill, sometimes subtly and other times more overtly, into their neighbouring tales. Spanning every genre imaginable, Paul Glennon manages to incorporate history, romance, humour, and adventure into the various stories within The Dodecahedron, and along with his impressive range of characters and perspectives, I can't help but marvel at this writer's versatility.
Though it's been a few years since this class and my reading of this book, The Dodecahedron has stayed with me and remains my one positive memory of an otherwise unpleasant class. I highly recommend everyone give this brilliantly original book a read, and I won't stop recommending it until they all do!