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Niagara Falls All Over Again
Niagara Falls All Over Again
Author: Elizabeth Mccracken
By turns graceful and knowing, funny and moving, Niagara Falls All Over Again is the latest masterwork by National Book Award finalist and author of The Giant’s House, Elizabeth McCracken. — Spanning the waning years of vaudeville and the golden age of Hollywood, Niagara Falls All Over Again chronicles a flawed, passion...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385336482
ISBN-10: 0385336489
Publication Date: 11/26/2002
Pages: 320
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 28 ratings
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 1
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wantonvolunteer avatar reviewed Niagara Falls All Over Again on + 84 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Niagara Falls All Over Again was a total surprise to me. I thought it would be about upstate New York because of its title, but it was set mostly in Iowa and Hollywood. I didn't expect to like this book, because I wasn't a fan of The Giant's House, and also because this one is about Vaudeville and I've always hated slapstick, Three Stooges, Stan and Ollie, clowns, etc. But I really loved it!

Elizabeth McCracken has such a way with creating living breathing characters, she made this Vaudeville duo Rocky Carter and Mose Sharp about so much more than just what they do for a living, I loved their back stories and family histories.
muskogee avatar reviewed Niagara Falls All Over Again on + 31 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Niagra Falls All Over Again is loosely based on Abbott and Costello's friendship, partnership, love for each other and eventual falling out.

It artfully follows their lives, personally and professionally through marriages, divorces, babies and family tragedies.

It took several pages to get into but by the time I closed the book, I wanted a sequel.

Tender, touching, funny and well crafted.
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