Don't Stop the Carnival: A Novel
by Herman Wouk
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Author: Herman WoukEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1992-05-15
ISBN: 0316955124
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Back Bay Books
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Book Review: "Don't Stop The Carnival" - Comedy With A Message
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book as a teenager when it first came out in 1965, and then picked up a copy of it a while ago and reread it. Amazing what a few decades can do to one's perspective. How many mid-life crises have many of us gone through in which we dreamed of leaving big city stress to find the perfect, ideal life in some remote, exotic place? (This book, if you will, turns up the lights at closing time and lets you see what people really look like!) So, Carnival's Norman Paperman goes though his mid-life fantasy on a Caribbean island, and, predictably, things are not as perfect or as ideal as expected. That's why this book holds up so well after 40 years: it's entertaining and has a message. At nearly 400 pages, it moves amazingly fast, thanks to Herman Wouk's skill as a writer. Definitely worth the time, especially if you harbor any of the main character's desires for the perfect escape.
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