On June 13, 2014, Alexandra Alter called James Thurber‘s The 13 Clocks (Simon & Schuster, 1950) “required reading for human beings.” Why is that?  What would make someone suggest that this book, now written 65 years ago, is so important? Alter says, “‘The 13 Clocks is at once a fable, a love story, a ghost… Read More A Rare Exhortation: Thurber’s 13 Clocks is Required Reading