Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show A Novel of Ireland Format: Paperback

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January 1932: Ben MacCarthy and his father watch a vagabond variety revue making a stop in the Irish countryside. After a two-hour kaleidoscope of low comedy, juggling, tumbling, and other entertainments, Ben’s father, mesmerized by Venetia Kelly, the troupe’s magnetic headliner, makes a fateful decision: to abandon his family and set off on the road with Miss Kelly and her caravan. Ben’s mother, shattered by the desertion, exhorts, “Find him and bring him back,” thereby sending the boy on a Homeric voyage into manhood.

Interweaving a host of unforgettable creations—“King” Kelly, Venetia’s violent, Mephistophelean grandfather; Sarah Kelly, Venetia’s mysterious, amoral mother; and even a truth-telling ventriloquist’s dummy named Blarney—Frank Delaney unfurls a splendid narrative that spans half the world and a tumultuous decade.

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Narrative Type: book

Type: book

Intended Audience: General/trade

Book Title: Venetia Kelly's Traveling Show : a Novel of Ireland

Number of Pages: 448 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

Topic: Sagas, General, Literary, Historical

Item Height: 0.9 in

Publication Year: 2012

Genre: Fiction

Item Weight: 12.7 Oz

Item Length: 8.2 in

Author: Frank Delaney

Book Series: A Novel of Ireland Ser.

Item Width: 5.5 in

Format: Trade Paperback