Over My Dead Body

not so much a lyrical novel as a restrictedrnepic. The world of the carnival is presentedrnas a trope, an image of society, notrnunlike the Pequod. Stanton Carlislernlearns "the secret" of deception and manipuladonrnand goes from being a lowlyrnhuckster to a classy con man. Nothing isrnbetter than the "Reverend" Carlisle'srnspurious . . .