This is a novel by Michael Palin (from Monty Python). This is a story about a small postoffice in the countryside that is about to get closed for good. Martin Sproale is a mild assistant postmaster, that tries to fight for their right to continue with their postoffice. One gets to follow this character and his obsession by Ernest Hemingway, he knows everything about him and tries to get everything that has got something to do with him. The book is really nice, although I didn't quite like the end. Other books within the same category fiction   A Painted House by John Grisham Adrian Mole - the Cappuccino Years by Sue Townsend Body and Soul by Frank Conroy Body and Soul by Frank Conroy Cider House Rules by John Irving Go by Simon Lewis High Fidelity by Nick Hornby Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk Life After God by Douglas Coupland Miss Wyoming by Douglas Coupland Popcorn by Ben Elton Ralph's Party by Lisa Jewell Rules of the Wild by Francesca Marciano Scale by Will Self The Blood Countess by Andrei Codrescu The Blue Afternoon by William Boyd The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart The Green Mile by Stephen King The Secret History by Donna Tartt The War Zone by Alexander Stuart Tunnel Vision by Keith Lowe Unidentified Flying Objects - Starcraft by Der Voron White City Blue by Tim Lott White Teeth by Zadie Smith ZigZag Street by Nick Earls