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Title: Memoirs of a Dance Hall Romeo by Jack Higgins ISBN: 0-00-617746-8 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Pub. Date: 26 July, 1990 Format: Paperback |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: A nice short story but lacks a strong central theme
Comment: At twenty one, discharged from the military in 1949, former clerk Oliver Shaw, who had been stationed in Germany, was eager to make up for "lost time".
Like most youths at his time, that meant catching up on his shares of honey from girls. For his own life, he wanted to write, though he had yet to sell any of his writing.
The novel is written from a first person's narration. Oliver found himself at loose ends, trying to find some sense in his life even as he went gallivating to various dance halls, trying to pick up girls, at the same time earning a living until he could sell his writings.
He bounced from one girl to another, each different in her own way, some satisfactory, some not. Yet for this dance hall romeo, it seemed that it was the women who taught him something instead of the other way around - that was the very element in the story that defeated its title.
Told as a tale of a coming of age, it ended with the young man finally finding his feet and just about to embark on his life's journey properly, or at least, with some aim in life.
Rating: 5
Summary: Finishing "Dance-Hall Romeo" Was Such Sweet Sorrow
Comment: Higgins is famed for his spy novels and thrillers; since I don't read those kinds of books, I had never read Higgins. (I do read mysteries, but only the "cozy" kind.)
But "Dance-Hall Romeo" is a a change of pace for Higgins -- no spys, no thrills, just a sweet, charming, coming-of-age story. This is the first book I ever bought mainly because its cover art was absolutely GORGEOUS (but of course, the story also sounded appealing).
Higgins' words were as much a feast for the eyes as was the cover art. Trust me, you'll enjoy this well-written story, and this book will be a keeper.
Rating: 4
Summary: hmm...
Comment: nice story element for teenagers. describe as it were real.
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Title: To Catch A King by Higgins, Jack Higgins ISBN: 0671676164 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 15 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: The Valhalla Exchange by Harry Patterson, Jack Higgins ISBN: 0812819322 Publisher: Stein & Day Pub Pub. Date: March, 1977 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Exocet by Jack Higgins ISBN: 0451130448 Publisher: Signet Book Pub. Date: July, 1984 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: Prayer for the Dying by Jack Higgins ISBN: 0451138015 Publisher: Signet Book Pub. Date: September, 1985 List Price(USD): $3.50 |
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Title: DARK SIDE OF ISLAND by Jack Higgins ISBN: 0449138267 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 12 June, 1980 List Price(USD): $1.95 |
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