- Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Forge Books; First Edition edition (Feb 15 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0812564715
- ISBN-13: 978-0812564716
- Product Dimensions: 17.1 x 10.6 x 2.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 200 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #256,216 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Epic, finely wrought, erudite, richly comic, delightfully bawdy, and highly dramatic. Spangle is impressive in its sheer mass and richness, in the enthusiasm and energy of its telling, in the obvious pleasure the author takes in his work." -Los Angeles Times
"This third novel by the amazing Gary Jennings, who has already chronicled the Spanish conquest of Mexico, and the exploits of Marco Polo, is another whopper." -The New York Times
"A first-class storyteller.... Mr. Jennings has achieved true distinction." -Atlantic Monthly
"This third novel by the amazing Gary Jennings, who has already chronicled the Spanish conquest of Mexico, and the exploits of Marco Polo, is another whopper." -The New York Times
"A first-class storyteller.... Mr. Jennings has achieved true distinction." -Atlantic Monthly
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The epic of Spangle takes us on a grand tour of two continents, from an embittered post-Civil War South, to the glittering and decadent capitals of Europe. In The Road Show we meet Zachary Edge, a Confederate soldier, on his way home at the war's close. He stumbles upon a traveling troupe, a chance encounter that is the start of an unforgettable odyssey. Edge hits the road with bawdy showgirls, roguish tricksters, and a host of colorful characters. He soon finds himself in the arms of Autumn Auburn, the lithesome artiste known for her breathtaking sensuality.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Spangle, Journeyer, and Aztec.... WOW!,
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This review is from: Spangle Volume I: The Road Show (Mass Market Paperback)
Incredible reads: chunky, lurid, twisted, funny, sad, and simply great page turners throughout. In Spangle, even if you fail to get engrossed by the characters themselves (I don't see how that can happen) you learn so much about circus life itself. Even now, I can't look at a contortionist without thinking about this book.You can't go wrong!!
3.0 out of 5 stars
A Promising Start to a Leisurely Journey,
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This review is from: Spangle Volume I: The Road Show (Mass Market Paperback)
This is a pleasantly low-key historical novel: Rome doesn't fall, Chicago doesn't burn, and nobody's holding the fate of Western Civilization in their hands. It's a nice change-of-pace from the average historical novel, where even ordinary people are swept up in Great Events (witness Ken Follett's excellent _Pillars of the Earth_). _The Roadshow_ never pretends to be more than what it is: the story of an 1860s travelling circus as seen through the eyes of two ex-Confederate soldiers who join up with it for lack of anything better to do. It's crammed with incident, colorful characters, occasional bursts of action, and a lot of detail about 19th-century circus life, and rolls along at an agreeable (though hardly headlong) pace. You get to know, and care about the characters and (perhaps as Jennings intended) you come to see the troupe *itself* as the real hero of the story. Individuals come and indviduals go, but the troupe (and the show, of course) always go on. Fair Warning: _Roadshow_ is the first of three volumes, and it reads very much like Jennings *wrote* a single unified novel that the publishers then broke into three pieces. _Roadshow_ doesn't actually *have* an ending of its own . . . just a pause before volume 2. If you find yourself enjoying the story, start looking for volume 2 while you're still working on volume 1.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Sort of like junk food,
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This review is from: Spangle Volume I: The Road Show (Mass Market Paperback)
I agree with others that if you think you're getting another Aztec, you'll be really disappointed. There is nothing compelling enough about it to recommend anyone to buy it, but if you find it at a yard sale for 50 cents, keep in your car for traffic jams.
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