Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show
Author: Delaney, Frank
ISBN: 9780812979732
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 17 Jan 2012
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback / softback
FPlt;BPgt;rom the Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;Plt;IPgt;New York TimesPlt;/IPgt;Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt; bestselling author of Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;Plt;IPgt;Ireland,Plt;/IPgt;Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt; Pquot;This hybrid quest saga, bildungsroman, and grassroots view of Ireland in its post-civil war era is immersive and enjoyable, and it showcases DelaneyP#39;s talent for inventive metaphor, which he manipulates with an expert handPquot; (Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;Plt;IPgt;Publishers WeeklyPlt;/IPgt;Plt;/BPgt;).
Plt;pPgt;January 1932: Ben MacCarthy and his father watch a vagabond variety revue making a stop in the Irish countryside. After a two-hour kaleidoscope of low comedy, juggling, tumbling, and other entertainments, BenP#8217;s father, mesmerized by Venetia Kelly, the troupeP#8217;s magnetic headliner, makes a fateful decision: to abandon his family and set off on the road with Miss Kelly and her caravan. BenP#8217;s mother, shattered by the desertion, exhorts, P#8220;Find him and bring him back,P#8221; thereby sending the boy on a Homeric voyage into manhood.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Interweaving a host of unforgettable creationsP#8212;P#8220;KingP#8221; Kelly, VenetiaP#8217;s violent, Mephistophelean grandfather; Sarah Kelly, VenetiaP#8217;s mysterious, amoral mother; and even a truth-telling ventriloquistP#8217;s dummy named BlarneyP#8212;Frank Delaney unfurls a splendid narrative that spans half the world and a tumultuous decade.Plt;/pPgt;
ISBN: 9780812979732
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 17 Jan 2012
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback / softback
FPlt;BPgt;rom the Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;Plt;IPgt;New York TimesPlt;/IPgt;Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt; bestselling author of Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;Plt;IPgt;Ireland,Plt;/IPgt;Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt; Pquot;This hybrid quest saga, bildungsroman, and grassroots view of Ireland in its post-civil war era is immersive and enjoyable, and it showcases DelaneyP#39;s talent for inventive metaphor, which he manipulates with an expert handPquot; (Plt;/BPgt;Plt;BPgt;Plt;IPgt;Publishers WeeklyPlt;/IPgt;Plt;/BPgt;).
Plt;pPgt;January 1932: Ben MacCarthy and his father watch a vagabond variety revue making a stop in the Irish countryside. After a two-hour kaleidoscope of low comedy, juggling, tumbling, and other entertainments, BenP#8217;s father, mesmerized by Venetia Kelly, the troupeP#8217;s magnetic headliner, makes a fateful decision: to abandon his family and set off on the road with Miss Kelly and her caravan. BenP#8217;s mother, shattered by the desertion, exhorts, P#8220;Find him and bring him back,P#8221; thereby sending the boy on a Homeric voyage into manhood.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Interweaving a host of unforgettable creationsP#8212;P#8220;KingP#8221; Kelly, VenetiaP#8217;s violent, Mephistophelean grandfather; Sarah Kelly, VenetiaP#8217;s mysterious, amoral mother; and even a truth-telling ventriloquistP#8217;s dummy named BlarneyP#8212;Frank Delaney unfurls a splendid narrative that spans half the world and a tumultuous decade.Plt;/pPgt;
