A #1 Indie bestseller and a Canadian bestseller for 22 weeks, the brilliant latest novel from one of Canada’s foremost authors Inspired by a handful of postcards sent nearly a hundred years ago, Bird and Mimi attempt to trace long-lost uncle Leroy and the family medicine bundle he took with him to Europe. “I’m sweaty and sticky. My ears are still popping from the descent into Vaclav Havel. My sinuses ache. My stomach is upset. My mouth is a sewer. I roll over and bury my face in a pillow. Mimi snuggles down beside me with no regard for my distress. ‘My god,’ she whispers, ‘can it get any better?’”  By turns witty, sly and poignant, this is the unforgettable tale of one couple’s holiday in Europe, where their wanderings through its famous capitals reveal a complicated history, both personal and political.    AWARDS   CBC Books: Best Canadian Fiction of 2020   Globe & Mail 100: Our Favourite Books of 2020   Indigo Best Books of the Year   Scotiabank Giller Prize, Canada   Writers' Trust Fiction Prize   OLA Evergreen Award   Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour   Governor General’s Literary Award   International Dublin Literary Award