Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I originally read this because I'm a big fan of Connie Willis and she went on and on about it, but when I actually read it, I was charmed for its own sake. :)
It's all so very droll.
Fish stories, laziness, incompetence, dishonesty, pathos and great verve stud these pages. It's an adventure for the ages! Of course, it's just three men in a boat, to say nothing of the dog.
Set in Victorian England, it captures the overblown hypochondriac feel of the age. :)
Well worth the read, and now I think I'm gonna hunt down takers for a first or re-read of Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog, which, I might add, might be a bit superior in every way. :)
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Saturday, March 31, 2018
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