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Robert Hough The Final Confession of Mabel Stark
Random House of Canada Ltd 2002 0679311327 / 9780679311324 Paperback Very Good
"'() Robert Hough's first novel, The Final Confession of Mabel Stark, is a gaudy tall tale of circus life that rollicks and rambles in equal measure. Based on the few facts known about Mabel Stark, history's greatest female tiger trainer, this novel spans some 60 years, from the protagonist's rough beginnings as a nurse in a Louisville, Kentucky, hospital to her fading years as an octogenarian cat trainer in a seedy wildlife theme park. The intervening years see Stark persevering through five husbands, a series of scrapes, tears, and maulings, and stints with several circuses, including the still-famous Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey outfit. The Final Confession of Mabel Stark is written as an autobiography, and Hough's development of Stark's voice is convincing and consistently charming. His storytelling, however, has a tendency to flag: Stark's life is truly remarkable, but there isn't much variety in it, and the career of a tiger trainer sometimes starts to seem much like '''' ID: mon0000077822"
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Robert Hough The Final Confession of Mabel Stark
Random House of Canada Ltd 2002 0679311327 / 9780679311324 Paperback Like New
"remainder mark() Robert Hough's first novel, The Final Confession of Mabel Stark, is a gaudy tall tale of circus life that rollicks and rambles in equal measure. Based on the few facts known about Mabel Stark, history's greatest female tiger trainer, this novel spans some 60 years, from the protagonist's rough beginnings as a nurse in a Louisville, Kentucky, hospital to her fading years as an octogenarian cat trainer in a seedy wildlife theme park. The intervening years see Stark persevering through five husbands, a series of scrapes, tears, and maulings, and stints with several circuses, including the still-famous Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey outfit. The Final Confession of Mabel Stark is written as an autobiography, and Hough's development of Stark's voice is convincing and consistently charming. His storytelling, however, has a tendency to flag: Stark's life is truly remarkable, but there isn't much variety in it, and the career of a tiger trainer sometimes starts to s ID: mon0000129389"
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Robert Hough The Final Confession of Mabel Stark
Random House of Canada Ltd 2002 0679311327 / 9780679311324 Paperback Like New
"clean, tight, has a remainder mark,() Robert Hough's first novel, The Final Confession of Mabel Stark, is a gaudy tall tale of circus life that rollicks and rambles in equal measure. Based on the few facts known about Mabel Stark, history's greatest female tiger trainer, this novel spans some 60 years, from the protagonist's rough beginnings as a nurse in a Louisville, Kentucky, hospital to her fading years as an octogenarian cat trainer in a seedy wildlife theme park. The intervening years see Stark persevering through five husbands, a series of scrapes, tears, and maulings, and stints with several circuses, including the still-famous Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey outfit. The Final Confession of Mabel Stark is written as an autobiography, and Hough's development of Stark's voice is convincing and consistently charming. His storytelling, however, has a tendency to flag: Stark's life is truly remarkable, but there isn't much variety in it, and the career of a tiger trainer ID: mon0000123563"
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Robert Hough The Final Confession of Mabel Stark
Atlantic Monthly 2001 0679310916 / 9780679310914 Hardcover Like New
"Hardcover with dust jacket, Like New (Near Fine), signed by author on title page, clean, tight, unmarked, Dust Jacket Like New (Near Fine)() Robert Hough's first novel, The Final Confession of Mabel Stark, is a gaudy tall tale of circus life that rollicks and rambles in equal measure. Based on the few facts known about Mabel Stark, history's greatest female tiger trainer, this novel spans some 60 years, from the protagonist's rough beginnings as a nurse in a Louisville, Kentucky, hospital to her fading years as an octogenarian cat trainer in a seedy wildlife theme park. The intervening years see Stark persevering through five husbands, a series of scrapes, tears, and maulings, and stints with several circuses, including the still-famous Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey outfit. The Final Confession of Mabel Stark is written as an autobiography, and Hough's development of Stark's voice is convincing and consistently charming. His storytelling, however, has a tendency to flag: S ID: mon0000061482"
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Robert Hough The Stowaway
Arcade 2004 0679313001 / 9780679313007 Paperback Very Good
"'() Like hopping a train, stowing away seems like a notion of a bygone era, never mind an unlikely idea for a suspense-filled novel dealing with themes of religion, politics, and moral responsibility. But in The Stowaway, Robert Hough has written a multi-layered page-turner based on fairly recent events. The story begins with the discovery of two Romanians aboard the container ship Maersk Dubai. Expecting, at worst, to be put to work, the unwanted passengers are instead set out on a flimsy raft to their almost certain doom. Aghast at the officers' decision, several crew members, including the Filipino chief bosun, Rodolfo Miguel, begin meeting in secret to plan their retaliation. The level of paranoia grows until an atmosphere of us-versus-them envelops the ship. And then, another stowaway is found. In an almost reportorial style, Hough evokes the crew members' fears that, were their plans discovered, they could be the next victims set out to sea. But the author also interweaves th'''' ID: mon0000076775"
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Robert Hough The Stowaway
Arcade 2004 0679313001 / 9780679313007 Paperback Like New
"Paperback, Like New, clean, tight, (Near Fine) Remainder mark, some light cover edge wear,() Like hopping a train, stowing away seems like a notion of a bygone era, never mind an unlikely idea for a suspense-filled novel dealing with themes of religion, politics, and moral responsibility. But in The Stowaway, Robert Hough has written a multi-layered page-turner based on fairly recent events. The story begins with the discovery of two Romanians aboard the container ship Maersk Dubai. Expecting, at worst, to be put to work, the unwanted passengers are instead set out on a flimsy raft to their almost certain doom. Aghast at the officers' decision, several crew members, including the Filipino chief bosun, Rodolfo Miguel, begin meeting in secret to plan their retaliation. The level of paranoia grows until an atmosphere of us-versus-them envelops the ship. And then, another stowaway is found. In an almost reportorial style, Hough evokes the crew members' fears that, were their plans di ID: mon0000060304"
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