The Return of Timmy Baterman

The man who tells the story is an old fellow named Jud Crandall, who has lived in the little town of Ludlow, Maine, all his life–some eighty-four years. The man listening is the novel’s protagonist, Louis Creed, who has just lost his young son Gage, and who has gradually come to believe that there might–just maybe–be a way to bring his boy back to life. Needless to say, the story of Timmy Batermans is Jud’s attempt to dissuade him.