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The Ship of Fools Book
Most debut novels tend inevitably to draw on the limited life experiences of their young authors. But in his debut book The Ship of Fools, 25-year-old Gregory Norminton draws on the powerful archetypes of medieval fabliau and folk tale to come up with something that seems oddly novel in our new millennium. The book’s conceit can be taken from the title. A ship is sailing with a crew of, what might uncharitably be termed, "fools" and they each have a tale to tell. In its assembling of stories related in character by a motley crew--the swimmer, the drinking woman, the nun, the penitent drunkard, the fool, the monk, the chorister, the sleeping drunkard, the glutton--The Ship of Fools naturally invites comparison to The Canterbury Tales. And certainly, in his clever ventriloquism of … read more...
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