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A review by lizaroo71
The Confabulist by Steven Galloway
2.0
This book connects the lives of Martin Strauss and Harry Houdini. Martin Strauss is a college student when he sees Houdini perform and then punches him in the stomach afterward. Houdini dies later from the injuries. But this is only the beginning of the story, because Strauss admits he kills Houdini twice. Oh the wonder.
The story is told in flashback, but the plot line is not linear, so the narrative jumps back and forth between plot points and it can be jarring. The bits about Houdini and his magic are engaging and interesting. How Strauss and Houdini's lives come together is a bit of a journey and one that seems to take a while even though this is a relatively short book.
I wasn't as taken with it as I thought I would be.
The story is told in flashback, but the plot line is not linear, so the narrative jumps back and forth between plot points and it can be jarring. The bits about Houdini and his magic are engaging and interesting. How Strauss and Houdini's lives come together is a bit of a journey and one that seems to take a while even though this is a relatively short book.
I wasn't as taken with it as I thought I would be.