EBOOK Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show
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A Novel of Ireland
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Frank Delaney&'s The Matchmaker of Kenmare.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, Ben&'s father, mesmerized by Venetia Kelly, the troupe&'s magnetic headliner, makes a fateful decision: to abandon his family and set off on the road with Miss Kelly and her caravan. Ben&'s mother, shattered by the desertion, exhorts, &';Find him and bring him back,&' thereby sending the boy on a Homeric voyage into manhood.Interweaving a host of unforgettable creations&';King&' Kelly, Venetia&'s violent, Mephistophelean grandfather; Sarah Kelly, Venetia&'s mysterious, amoral mother; and even a truth-telling ventriloquist&'s dummy named BlarneyFrank Delaney unfurls a splendid narrative that spans half the world and a tumultuous decade.
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Frank Delaney&'s The Matchmaker of Kenmare.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, Ben&'s father, mesmerized by Venetia Kelly, the troupe&'s magnetic headliner, makes a fateful decision: to abandon his family and set off on the road with Miss Kelly and her caravan. Ben&'s mother, shattered by the desertion, exhorts, &';Find him and bring him back,&' thereby sending the boy on a Homeric voyage into manhood.Interweaving a host of unforgettable creations&';King&' Kelly, Venetia&'s violent, Mephistophelean grandfather; Sarah Kelly, Venetia&'s mysterious, amoral mother; and even a truth-telling ventriloquist&'s dummy named BlarneyFrank Delaney unfurls a splendid narrative that spans half the world and a tumultuous decade.