A review by liberrydude
The Adventures of John Carson in Several Quarters of the World: A Novel of Robert Louis Stevenson by Brian Doyle

3.0

As a boy I loved Robert Louis Stevenson stories and as an adult I have enjoyed the works of Brian Doyle so this literary fusion of the two was a recent discovery and the prospect for some zen was high. It’s a homage that meanders too much. Still a tantalizing, fascinating, and enjoyable read but one I was all too eager to see end.

It’s really a sort of chain letter of stories. Doyle is telling the story of RLS who is telling the stories John Carson tells RLS, and JC is telling us about all the stories of a Polish seafarer (Joseph Conrad)in Sydney Harbor. Should title this book “The Story Chain.”