The Last Guru [Hardcover]

Daniel Manus Pinkwater (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1980

One harmless bet on a horse race starts a chain of events that turns a 12-year-old into one of the world's richest people and a spiritual guru.

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Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Bantam Books (Mm) (January 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553151339
• ISBN-13: 978-0553151336
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,860,501 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Daniel Pinkwater lives with his wife, the illustrator and novelist Jill Pinkwater, and several dogs and cats in a very old farmhouse in New York's Hudson River Valley.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hoodie Mc Who?, May 5, 2000

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courtney J angermeier - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Last Guru (Hardcover)

11-year-old Harold has an uncle who sells shoes, Harold makes his first million betting on the ponies, Harold gets to be the guest of the multi millionaire inventor of the zenburger in a castle decorated like a fast food joint, Harold becomes a spiritual guru. He has a gold rolls royce and wears just about the funniest hat you can imagine. While not my favorite Pinkwater in existance (that prize going to the utterly transcendant Young Adult Novel) The Last Guru is good clean and typically Pinkwaterian fun.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Last Guru, by Daniel Pinkwater, March 15, 2010

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William C. Pierson (Athens, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Last Guru (Hardcover)

This book is a classic. Reminds me of a zen koan. I especially like the part about how Harold enlightens the world at the end.