A review by paul_cornelius
Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter

3.0

KAP's novel can be a bit of a struggle at times. It certainly never comes close to the vividness of her short stories. In fact, the latter often pierce through the pages with a sort of bright luminosity, the prose burning its way into the imagination. With Ship of Fools, you simply want the voyage to be over and done with. At least at times. There was a movie based on this that fared no better, alas.