The last guru

By Daniel Pinkwater

Book Overview

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. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039607636X
• ISBN13: 9780396076360
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Dodd, Mead
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

The Last Guru, by Daniel Pinkwater

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.

Hoodie Mc Who?

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.