[.ca] Niagara Falls All Over Again (ISBN 0385336489)

From Amazon.co.uk:
Elizabeth McCracken seems to specialise in unlikely romance: the inventive Niagara Falls All Over Again is the story of a vaudevillian's love for the one person he can't be without--his partner in comedic crime and her charmingly quirky debut, The Giant's House, was the story of a librarian's passion for the world's tallest boy. In Niagara Falls Carter and Sharp, a vaudeville team that makes the leap to B-list film fame, have perfected a classic shtick: the stern Professor and the hapless, bumbling Rocky. Off screen, however, their roles are reversed. Mose Sharp is mild-mannered and accommodating, while Rocky Carter is a jovial bully--the kind of guy, Sharp thinks, who "compared the slices of cake on an arriving dessert tray and got disappointed, really disappointed, when the largest was delivered to somebody who wasn't him". Show business is a subject tailor-made for McCracken's eccentric gifts. Her timing is impeccable, and she's no slouch with the jokes either. But she's not playing this one just for laughs. As anyone who read The Giant's House knows, McCracken writes prose of uncommon beauty, studded with images both arresting and sad. This second novel is a balancing act on an even greater scale: tender but never sentimental, verbally dexterous but never merely clever. Like its predecessor, Niagara Falls will have you reading aloud to whoever will listen. --Mary Park, Amazon.com

slow it done a notch, please.:
the book started off kind of sluggish quickly for me, it 'migrated back to interesting. While reading this novel, trying to pinpoint New England elements I found the read particulary flowing. The way the history is told, jumping back and forth from "Mose" memory bank went well with the novel. the characters were very believable which helped with the first person point of view. good- well -read-lots of information handed out.

Read This Book Only If You're Trapped On a Desert Island:
The title explains it all. This book has a very slow pace with tons of extra "fluff" detail. The characters are quite likeable, but for me, that still didn't do much for the book overall. I'd say skip it unless a volleyball named Wilson is your only friend.

Niagra Falls All Over Again:
It's a slow read at first but nonetheless it is a moving tale about the relationship of two comedic partners from beginning to end and a before these two characters known as Rocky Carter and Mike Sharp first met. The experiences these two men go through individually, together, privately and/or publicly and seems to have more of a marital relationship than just a partnership is written clearly well but it is definitely not for the reader of traditional romance. If you're into the slap-stick comedies of black and white television before tv and movie's came in color and love the Three Stooges and the antics of Ollie and Stan, this is the book for you.

Cute and entertaining.:
McCracken writes the story of the Great American Partnership, with its highs and lows, in an overall entertaining tale. But the book is somewhat unmoving: its funniest passages don't make one laugh out loud, and its saddest moments hardly make one weep. It would make a great beach book, as it presents a wonderful escape from one's own life; the characters are deep and draw the reader in. It's also a great book for anyone with an interest in vaudeville or early Hollywood.

A Semi Nice Book:
This book starts off slow, and I personally didn't like the pace. I couldn't really get into the book, but kept on reading because I had to finish it for a class. In the end it turned out to be a pretty good book involving a love story, but it took to long to get into.