博客來After the war, the world is mean and dispiriting, lacking in meaning and full of vehemence.
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.
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.
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.
