Vaudeville!
Vaudeville!
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Gaetan Soucy sets his masterful, award-winning "Vaudeville!" in New York City just before the great crash of 1929. Xavier X. Mortanse is an apprentice demolition worker who claims to be an emigrant from Hungary. By the time Xavier finds a singing frog in a miniature coffin, decides to try his luck on the vaudeville stage, and then upsets a Grandmaster chess math, we realize that nobody in this fascinating tableau will be what he or she appears. "Vaudeville" is an unflinchingly pure account of mental pain, human solitude, and the stupor of existence. Soucy's inventive language, delightful humor, and ingenious foreshadowing of calamity make this unforgettable novel impossible to put down. -- From publisher's description.
| Book Title | Vaudeville! |
| Author | Gaétan Soucy |
| Type | Used Book |
Gaetan Soucy sets his masterful, award-winning "Vaudeville!" in New York City just before the great crash of 1929. Xavier X. Mortanse is an apprentice demolition worker who claims to be an emigrant from Hungary. By the time Xavier finds a singing frog in a miniature coffin, decides to try his luck on the vaudeville stage, and then upsets a Grandmaster chess math, we realize that nobody in this fascinating tableau will be what he or she appears. "Vaudeville" is an unflinchingly pure account of mental pain, human solitude, and the stupor of existence. Soucy's inventive language, delightful humor, and ingenious foreshadowing of calamity make this unforgettable novel impossible to put down. -- From publisher's description.