A Horse Walks into a Bar
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WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2017
A Guardian and New Statesman Book of the Year
The setting is a comedy club in a small Israeli town。 An audience that has come expecting an evening of amusement instead sees a comedian falling apart on stage; an act of disintegration， a man crumbling， as a matter of choice， before their eyes。 They could get up and leave， or boo and whistle and drive him from the stage， if they were not so drawn to glimpse his personal hell。 Dovaleh G， a veteran stand-up comic – charming， erratic， repellent – exposes a wound he has been living with for years: a fateful and gruesome choice he had to make between the two people who were dearest to him。
A Horse Walks into a Bar is a shocking and breathtaking read。 Betrayals between lovers， the treachery of friends， guilt demanding redress。 Flaying alive both himself and the people watching him， Dovaleh G provokes both revulsion and empathy from an audience that doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry – and all this in the presence of a former childhood friend who is trying to understand why he’s been summoned to this performance。
A Guardian and New Statesman Book of the Year
The setting is a comedy club in a small Israeli town。 An audience that has come expecting an evening of amusement instead sees a comedian falling apart on stage; an act of disintegration， a man crumbling， as a matter of choice， before their eyes。 They could get up and leave， or boo and whistle and drive him from the stage， if they were not so drawn to glimpse his personal hell。 Dovaleh G， a veteran stand-up comic – charming， erratic， repellent – exposes a wound he has been living with for years: a fateful and gruesome choice he had to make between the two people who were dearest to him。
A Horse Walks into a Bar is a shocking and breathtaking read。 Betrayals between lovers， the treachery of friends， guilt demanding redress。 Flaying alive both himself and the people watching him， Dovaleh G provokes both revulsion and empathy from an audience that doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry – and all this in the presence of a former childhood friend who is trying to understand why he’s been summoned to this performance。
Reviews
Isobel
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A sad and moving story of loss， told at great pace。 The reader is put in the shoes of a man watching someone he used to know when he was a child perform a stand up comedy show that gets steadily fewer laughs。 I’m always suspicious of stand up comics as there often seems to be sadness and insecurity there， with humour used to mask these and the comic character in this story is no different。 Nevertheless I didn’t find myself wanting to walk out the show as many viewers in the story do。 Might have A sad and moving story of loss， told at great pace。 The reader is put in the shoes of a man watching someone he used to know when he was a child perform a stand up comedy show that gets steadily fewer laughs。 I’m always suspicious of stand up comics as there often seems to be sadness and insecurity there， with humour used to mask these and the comic character in this story is no different。 Nevertheless I didn’t find myself wanting to walk out the show as many viewers in the story do。 Might have given this an extra star if it wasn’t for the racist joke which the novel would have been equally effective without — totally unnecessary。 。。。more
Thomas M。
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"As cunning and compelling as the stand-up guy at its center。 In this funnyman's sad， grotesque performance，Grossman reaffirms his power to entertain and unnerve。"-Boston Globe "As cunning and compelling as the stand-up guy at its center。 In this funnyman's sad， grotesque performance，Grossman reaffirms his power to entertain and unnerve。"-Boston Globe 。。。more
Doris George
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Interesting narrative style and emotional。 Just that I felt it meanders a bit too much。
Mihail Victus
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Un roman de 50。000 de cuvinte învârtindu-se în jurul unui show de stand-up， mai exact în jurul unui comediant care， printre bancuri și alte glume， unele reușite， altele nu prea， își propune parcă să scoată spectatorii din sărite， să-i facă să părăsească sala în timp ce， în loc să le ofere spectacolul pentru care au plătit， continuă cu încăpățânare să se expună pe sine， să redea cu lux de amănunte un episod anume din tinerețea lui care l-a marcat。Subiect: ★★★☆☆Stil: ★★★★☆Mesaj: ★★★★☆Structură: ★★ Un roman de 50。000 de cuvinte învârtindu-se în jurul unui show de stand-up， mai exact în jurul unui comediant care， printre bancuri și alte glume， unele reușite， altele nu prea， își propune parcă să scoată spectatorii din sărite， să-i facă să părăsească sala în timp ce， în loc să le ofere spectacolul pentru care au plătit， continuă cu încăpățânare să se expună pe sine， să redea cu lux de amănunte un episod anume din tinerețea lui care l-a marcat。Subiect: ★★★☆☆Stil: ★★★★☆Mesaj: ★★★★☆Structură: ★★★★★ 。。。more
Anshupa Patel
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Quite a deceptive title， dark story disguised as a stand up piece。 It was a completely new concept for me。 An emotional rollercoaster！ One moment you are cracking up then suddenly there is this rage。 But most of the time it is only grief and sadness。 However there is something which I couldn't get a hold on， I couldn't experience all the emotions Dov was trying to throw。 May be because the concept was so raw and bizzare。 Also I felt this should be read in one or two sitting。 Quite a deceptive title， dark story disguised as a stand up piece。 It was a completely new concept for me。 An emotional rollercoaster！ One moment you are cracking up then suddenly there is this rage。 But most of the time it is only grief and sadness。 However there is something which I couldn't get a hold on， I couldn't experience all the emotions Dov was trying to throw。 May be because the concept was so raw and bizzare。 Also I felt this should be read in one or two sitting。 。。。more
Raquel
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Toda a história de uma vida contada numa noite de stand-up。Muito se vai revelar e muitas coisas se vão descobrir sobre o nosso comediante。
Bill Kidd
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Too complex and clever for me。
Nick McLaren
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I fear at times I was the man in the yellow coat banging on the table。
ana rita
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free churro episode vibes
Dee Dee
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I forgot that books can be so heavy。
cixlnoir
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Ein schräges Buch， bei dem ich bis zum Schluss nicht richtig wusste， was ich davon halten soll。 Es hat mich einige Mühe gekostet， die Geschichte zu Ende zu lesen。 Überraschenderweise habe ich im Nachhinein jedoch eine grosse Zufriedenheit， fast schon Dankbarkeit darüber verspürt， dieses literarische Abenteuer miterlebt haben zu dürfen。Man kann wohl sagen， dies ist ein Buch wie kein anderes！
David
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Letteratura araba
Meltem Didem
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Bir stand-up gösterisindeyiz。 Bizim masamız neresi diye sorarsanız; kenarda， karanlıkta çok göze çarpmayan bir masa。 Dovaleh'in kendisini izlemesi için davet ettiği emekli bir hakimin gözünden izliyoruz gösteriyi。 Kitap boyunca ortam çok güzel canlanıyor zihnimde: Mekandaki hareketlilik， gösteriye gelenler， gösteriyi bırakıp gidenler， kahkahalar， masalara vurmalar， alkışlar， nefeslerin tutulduğu anlar。。 Gece ilerledikçe gösteri komediden bambaşka yerlere gidiyor， Dovaleh kendi hikayesini anlatma Bir stand-up gösterisindeyiz。 Bizim masamız neresi diye sorarsanız; kenarda， karanlıkta çok göze çarpmayan bir masa。 Dovaleh'in kendisini izlemesi için davet ettiği emekli bir hakimin gözünden izliyoruz gösteriyi。 Kitap boyunca ortam çok güzel canlanıyor zihnimde: Mekandaki hareketlilik， gösteriye gelenler， gösteriyi bırakıp gidenler， kahkahalar， masalara vurmalar， alkışlar， nefeslerin tutulduğu anlar。。 Gece ilerledikçe gösteri komediden bambaşka yerlere gidiyor， Dovaleh kendi hikayesini anlatmaya başlıyor。 Stand up şeklindeki kurgusuyla farklı bir kitap ve atmosferi başarıyla yansıtıyor。 Hakimin hikayesini， Dovaleh'in hakimle olan ilişkisini daha fazla okumak isterdim。 Çünkü kitabın başlarındaki o kısımlar merak uyandırıcıydı。 Mesela neden 20 yıldır görüşmediği bir adamı çağırıyor， tam olarak ne görmesini bekliyor ve hakim ne görüyor？ Gösteriden sonra komedyenin ve hakimin oturup konuştuğu bir sahne çok güzel olurdu bence。 3，5 / 5 （ goodreadste buçuklu puanlar verebilsek keşke ）not: Kitabın isminden ve bir stand-up olmasından dolayı aklıma Bojack Horseman geldi ister istemez。 İzleyenler bilir， Bojack'in de stand-up yapmışlığı var。 Komediyi bırakıp da sahnede kendi depresif hikayesini anlatmak tam Bojack'lik bir hareket olurdu。 。。。more
Shivani Sharma
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Somewhere between 3 and 4 stars for this one。Started off great。 The setting of this book is very different from anything else that I have read。 The story starts off pretty linearly。 You are at a stand-up show。 At some point， it becomes knotty and you do not understand what is going on。 Whatever the stand-up comic is saying， is too personal and not quite suited for a stand-up show。 But you are curious。 You want to know how his story goes。 Especially when you know that the narrator happens to know Somewhere between 3 and 4 stars for this one。Started off great。 The setting of this book is very different from anything else that I have read。 The story starts off pretty linearly。 You are at a stand-up show。 At some point， it becomes knotty and you do not understand what is going on。 Whatever the stand-up comic is saying， is too personal and not quite suited for a stand-up show。 But you are curious。 You want to know how his story goes。 Especially when you know that the narrator happens to know the stand-up comic and there is purpose to his presence there。 So far， so good。 But post a certain point， the narration becomes a little tiring。 Or so it felt to me。It is a fairly short book， but difficult to read， for its content is heavy - personal losses and regrets galore。 I may have gotten a little annoyed for the drag the story was becoming （lot of repetitions; the story just would not progress！！！）， but I still do not regret having picked it。 。。。more
Ana Isabel Lage Ferreira
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。。。 não fosse a tentação a que é tão difícil resistir - a de espreitar o inferno do outro。I picked this book from a shelf at home without previous reference。 In the cover was written "Man Booker International Prize"。 Must be good - I thought。 And it is。 Of course。 It is also disturbing。 And funny。 And graphic。 And real。 And full with sadness， and anger， and disappointment， and silence。 Dovaleh G。 is on stage for 2 hours presenting a stand-up routine， shouting his pain， expelling his ghosts， vom 。。。 não fosse a tentação a que é tão difícil resistir - a de espreitar o inferno do outro。I picked this book from a shelf at home without previous reference。 In the cover was written "Man Booker International Prize"。 Must be good - I thought。 And it is。 Of course。 It is also disturbing。 And funny。 And graphic。 And real。 And full with sadness， and anger， and disappointment， and silence。 Dovaleh G。 is on stage for 2 hours presenting a stand-up routine， shouting his pain， expelling his ghosts， vomiting all the undigested memories。 And we， the audience， sit and listen and react， and some of us leave。 Because it is so painful and not enough hilarious。 We get to breath once in a while。 Because the jokes are indeed funny， but specially because the author managed to give us an escape with the thoughts of the friend observer。 Moments of relief。 I never felt the urge to leave。 I read this book in three days。 If I was there， in that room， I would probably be that one girl who let her friends leave and stayed alone in a table 。。。 and I also would have cried in the end。 As bonus you may also get some references from Israelite life and of course， some jokes party with your friends。 。。。more
Tali Lerner
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לא הבנתי את הספר בעמודים הראשונים אבל כמו שרק דוד גרוסמן יודע לעשות， נכנסתי לזה。 בין מונולוג פנימי להופעה שאנחנו שומעים רק צד אחד ממנה， ספר מעולה
Aslıhan Çelik Tufan
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2017 Man Booker İnternational Ödüllü bir kitapla merhabalar。Bir kitap düşünün， tüm hikaye tek bir stand up gösterisi boyunca akarken size adeta kocaman bir dünya vaadediyor。 Heh işte o kitap bu kitap。Kahramanımız Dovaleh'in， bardaki stand up gösterisini， 'mecburi' gönüllü emekli hakim olan çook eski bir arkadaşından gözlemci olarak izlemesini istemesi ile başlıyor her şey。 Sonrası yer yer bayat yer yer çok yerinde esprilerle dolu en nihayetinde tokat etkisinde bir uzun iç döküş。Kitabı okurken ke 2017 Man Booker İnternational Ödüllü bir kitapla merhabalar。Bir kitap düşünün， tüm hikaye tek bir stand up gösterisi boyunca akarken size adeta kocaman bir dünya vaadediyor。 Heh işte o kitap bu kitap。Kahramanımız Dovaleh'in， bardaki stand up gösterisini， 'mecburi' gönüllü emekli hakim olan çook eski bir arkadaşından gözlemci olarak izlemesini istemesi ile başlıyor her şey。 Sonrası yer yer bayat yer yer çok yerinde esprilerle dolu en nihayetinde tokat etkisinde bir uzun iç döküş。Kitabı okurken kendinizi o barda hissedeceksiniz。 Dovaleh'in gösterisini izlerken sürekli bi bira daha söyleyecek ve ara ara kalkıp gitmek isteyeceksiniz。 Bence sabredin， bekleyin， çünkü bazen yüzleşmek gerek。 Ödüllü kitapların derdi bitmez dostlar， yaşadığı， beslendiği coğrafyanın yaralarını kaşıyan kalemlerin ödül alması tesadüfi olamaz。 Yazar bazı yaraları kaşırken kanatmışsa bu da onun başarısıdır bence。Sırf bu sebeple bile okunmalı。 Ben geç kaldım siz kalmayın， mutlaka bir şans vermenizi tavsiye ederim。 Keyifli okumalar 🌼🌈#readingismycardio #aslihanneokudu #okudumbitti #2021okumalarım #okuryorumu #kitaptavsiyesi #neokudum #biratbaragirmiş #davidgrossman #sirenkitap #sirenyayınları#manbookerödüllükitaplar #ödüllükitaplar #manbookerinternationalawards 。。。more
Vikas
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Due to various distractions， my reading is going on very slowly this year， hence this is only the 4th book I have completed this year but I still intend to pick up the slack but would try my best to achieve my reading goal for this year too， after all， I have been slaying it every year since 2013 so best not this year be the one to beat me :）， now coming back to the book， this man booker international prize-winning book， that is set during a performance of a stand-up act and then things take off Due to various distractions， my reading is going on very slowly this year， hence this is only the 4th book I have completed this year but I still intend to pick up the slack but would try my best to achieve my reading goal for this year too， after all， I have been slaying it every year since 2013 so best not this year be the one to beat me :）， now coming back to the book， this man booker international prize-winning book， that is set during a performance of a stand-up act and then things take off from there。 By the blurb， my expectations were of the greater tragedy in the end but it was still nice and it was funny and tragic and oh so tragic。 It didn't end the way I was expecting it to end which is very good。 on to the next book in the endless list of books that I want to read。People who don't read generally ask me my reasons for reading。 Simply put I just love reading and so to that end I have made it my motto to just Keep on Reading。 I love to read everything except for Self Help books but even those once in a while。 I read almost all the genres but YA， Fantasy， Biographies are the most。 My favorite series is， of course， Harry Potter but then there are many more books that I just adore。 I have bookcases filled with books which are waiting to be read so can't stay and spend more time in this review， so remember I loved reading this and love reading more， you should also read what you love and then just Keep on Reading。 。。。more
Shrijal
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What captivates the audience in the story and what hooks us readers on the book is the same thing，As the narrator says himself， "The temptation to look into another man's hell。" What captivates the audience in the story and what hooks us readers on the book is the same thing，As the narrator says himself， "The temptation to look into another man's hell。" 。。。more
Carlos Vieira Pinto
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Short but dense。 It's full of boundary-pushing jokes and thought provoking quotes of Israel's politics。 This is about death but full of life and it gives us a full range of emotions。 Don't let my rating fool you。 It's a masterpiece just very very shy on 5 stars。 Short but dense。 It's full of boundary-pushing jokes and thought provoking quotes of Israel's politics。 This is about death but full of life and it gives us a full range of emotions。 Don't let my rating fool you。 It's a masterpiece just very very shy on 5 stars。 。。。more
Gema
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Bestial。 Un relato de iniciación invertido， "cabeza abajo"， que llega en formato stand-up probando que el humor puede ser la forma más elaborada de inteligencia， que puede casi no distinguirse de la poesía y ser el camino más salvaje del arte。 Bestial。 Un relato de iniciación invertido， "cabeza abajo"， que llega en formato stand-up probando que el humor puede ser la forma más elaborada de inteligencia， que puede casi no distinguirse de la poesía y ser el camino más salvaje del arte。 。。。more
David Evans
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A really novel format being based around 2hour stand up set and the comedian’s wrestle with the joke-hungry audience to tell of his tragic childhood and keep it funny。 Our perspective is from an old acquaintance， begged by the comic （Dov） to come and tell him what he sees。Whilst it’s clear that there’s history to be unpacked between the two， I wasn’t massively gripped by the book and did take a month long break about a third， just not getting a lot from the standup routineDov G a really interes A really novel format being based around 2hour stand up set and the comedian’s wrestle with the joke-hungry audience to tell of his tragic childhood and keep it funny。 Our perspective is from an old acquaintance， begged by the comic （Dov） to come and tell him what he sees。Whilst it’s clear that there’s history to be unpacked between the two， I wasn’t massively gripped by the book and did take a month long break about a third， just not getting a lot from the standup routineDov G a really interesting main character though and someone I could definitely place in my life from childhood memories。 Things do get pretty moving once more of Dov’s history is revealed but I just don’t think the book did a whole lot for me 。。。more
Karlson
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Hevig saai。 Halverwege afgehaakt， ik heb echt m’n best gedaan om het zo leuk mogelijk te vinden。 Er stond 1 erg grappige mop in die ik thuis navertelde， mijn vrouw moest een beetje grinniken。
Sagtin
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Jedna z nejlepších knih， co jsem kdy četla。 Zůstalo po ní hromada myšlenek a otazníků， který mě zabaví na dlouhou dobu。 Určitě stojí za zmínku， že čistě řemeslná stránka románu je naprosto skvělá - příběh nedrhne， vyvíjí se， graduje a posledních cca 40 stránek prostě nejde odložit。 Zrovna tak překlad do češtiny je super。 Za mě velký must have do knihovny。
Tatiana Jančáriková
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“I swear to God， the last time in my life I didn’t have any problems was when I still had a foreskin。”Stand up komik v malom bare bavi nevelke publikum。 Vtipy mu velmi nejdu， su trapne， sexisticke， urazlive， miestami verbalne napada clenov （najma clenky） publika。 Postupne je vtipov coraz menej a pribuda obycajnych， nevtipnych spomienok hlavneho hrdinu。 Straca nit， niektori ludia odchadzaju。 Ti， co ostanu do konca， vsak postupne rozmotavaju probeh spoluziakmi otlkaneho chlapca， jeruzalemskeho pod “I swear to God， the last time in my life I didn’t have any problems was when I still had a foreskin。”Stand up komik v malom bare bavi nevelke publikum。 Vtipy mu velmi nejdu， su trapne， sexisticke， urazlive， miestami verbalne napada clenov （najma clenky） publika。 Postupne je vtipov coraz menej a pribuda obycajnych， nevtipnych spomienok hlavneho hrdinu。 Straca nit， niektori ludia odchadzaju。 Ti， co ostanu do konca， vsak postupne rozmotavaju probeh spoluziakmi otlkaneho chlapca， jeruzalemskeho podivina s laskavou matkou a drsnym otcom， ktoreho zivotom otrasie necakana udalost。 Viac nechcem prezradzat， precitajte si tuto Man Bookerovou cenou ovencenu knihu sami。 Sposob， akym je pribeh vystavany， mi pripomenul perfektny stand-up Hannah Gadsby s nazvom Nannette。 Najskor nic moc， par haha vtipkov， postupne pridava vaznejsie a vaznejsie temy， aby vas na zaver ovalilo uvedomenie si tej tazoby， ktora bola pointou vystupenia。 O niektorych vaznych veciach dokazeme hovorit len prostrednictvom vtipu。 Grossman si utahuje z izraelsko-palestinskych vztahov， rodinneho nasilia， choroby， smrti， z holokaustu。 Najlepsi vtip knihy je o doktorovi Mengelem， poziciam si slovensky preklad knihy: „Ale mama s ním rozhodne mala tú česť， myslím s Mengelem， a aj celá jej rodina， a tak sa dá povedať， že vlastne bol svojím spôsobom tak trochu náš rodinný lekár， však？ Nie je tak？ Nevinne žmurkne na publikum， ktoré sa tvári stále vážnejšie。 Len si predstavte， aký bol ten človek zaneprázdnený， chodili za ním ľudia z celej Európy， tisli sa jeden cez druhého vo vlakoch， aby sa k nemu dostali…。“ 。。。more
Dustin Petzold
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Closer to a 4 than a 2。
Judy Herzig-marx
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Brilliant author， but not necessarily an enjoyable book。 I needed to watch you tube videos and read book reviews to appreciate the book。 Not as enjoyable as some of his others。
E
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Insane， outrageous。 I could not tell if this whole book was a big joke or if it was a serious one about mental illness。 Either way， it baffled me。 Would not recommend it to anyone who is looking for comedy。
Chirag Rupani
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For an award winning book， this did not tickle my funny bone。 A stand up comedian gone rogue is perhaps a new concept to me。 But honestly， I boringly dragged through most of the book just to finish it。 Glad it's limited to around 200 pages。 Not a great edition to my Kindle collection。 For an award winning book， this did not tickle my funny bone。 A stand up comedian gone rogue is perhaps a new concept to me。 But honestly， I boringly dragged through most of the book just to finish it。 Glad it's limited to around 200 pages。 Not a great edition to my Kindle collection。 。。。more
Boston64329
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I gave this four stars because I thought the writing was very good。 Not five stars because I felt like putting the book down as a bad experience。 A Horse Walks Into A Bar is like the start of so many jokes but this book's story isn't funny on any level。 It took me to about half way through before being able to deal with it。 It really is a sad story。 I gave this four stars because I thought the writing was very good。 Not five stars because I felt like putting the book down as a bad experience。 A Horse Walks Into A Bar is like the start of so many jokes but this book's story isn't funny on any level。 It took me to about half way through before being able to deal with it。 It really is a sad story。 。。。more
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