Chaplin Company: A Novel [Hardcover]

When eighteen-year-old Odeline Milk is left orphaned by her mother, she takes her small inheritance and leaves her sleepy hometown behind in search of a lifestyle better suited to her artistic temperament. She moves to London to pursue her single-minded dream of becoming, of all things, a great mime in the tradition of Charlie Chaplin and Marcel Marceau.A coming-of-age tale brimming with charm, heartache, and the peculiar magic of London's canals. [A] deeply quirky and very charming first novel. Fellowes transforms the drab towpath into a magical secret world. This offbeat tale of loners and eccentrics who live on the old canals of London has a certain quirky charm.