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After living a happy but sheltered life as a librarian, Albert Butler suffers the double misfortunes of the boredom of retirement and the passing of his beloved wife. While still in his time of grief, he receives a precious message which inspires him to travel. The Year is Almost Over is a collection of short, self-contained episodes of similar genres, set in the 1930s. Conversations with strangers, detective stories, the improbable schemes of odd scientists, and tales of mystery, fear, and the supernatural go into the chronicles of Albert Butler as he explores Europe and beyond, growing and learning, even at so late a time of his life.