Posts Tagged ‘whipped’
Circus life, during the American Depression. Told in the first person by Jacob Jankowski a young college boy who is suddenly orphaned and penniless and finds himself literally on board the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth! There’s a prologue where we discover a secret which Jacob has kept for seventy years then we begin the story, alternating between 1931 and the modern day with an elderly Jacob.
Very easy to read…I found myself flicking pages quickly. Gruen seems to capture the circus’s attraction and glitz as well as it’s often uncomfortable reality. The hierarchy from the roustabouts to the performers and bosses is fascinating and Gruen’s descriptions bring to life the days when circuses had trains (conjuring up images from Dumbo!)
The novel pulls you in, starting off slowly and ends up unputdownable as you have to find out what eventually happened/happens. I found the contrast between the way the Jacob of ‘then’ and ‘now’ is treated, both startling and thought provoking and ultimately I just really enjoyed reading about something I had little knowledge of, with a good twist in the tale.
Haven’t had any problems with this cleaner, except the button for the hand-held squirter gets stuck, so I ended up soaking some chairs. Figured out how to deal with that, so all is well. Love the freedom of being able to clean the carpet myself when I want to, a room at a time, instead of having a professional come over and do the whole thing at once on his schedule. This cleaner leaves the floor much less wet than the pro, also.
Max Factor Whipped Creme