The Tontine Caper Spawn and a darkly funny critique

and a darkly funny critique of the horrors of late capitalism and how the stories we're sold about our potential can shape the course of our lives

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Yasunari Kawabata's masterpiece

a mirror of its present

The Tontine Caper Spawn and a darkly funny critiqueClue meets Knives Out for the younger set in this twisty turny middle grade mystery comedy with delightfully dry humor and impeccable plotting. Eleven year old orphan Nico Lombardi has been unfairly indentured at a remote mountain inn for five years now. Just as he gathers the courage to escape, the inn gets booked by the remaining members of a tontine, an investment scheme where a cash prize is awarded to whomever lives the longest. In other words,