The Poet of Tolstoy Park:A Novel by Sonny Brewer. Reviewer:Dr. Roy Griggs, retired senior minister, First Christian Church, and author. In this novel, based on a true story, widowed Henry Stuart learns in 1925 that he has tuberculosis and probably will be dead within a year. He starts a final philosophical journey of reconciliation, one that sends him back through the writings of his beloved Tolstoy and other literary and spiritual figures.