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A Horse Walks into a Bar

by David Grossman
5 CDs. 6 hrs. HighBridge. Feb. 2017. ISBN 9781681684376. $29.99. digital download. F
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One night at an Israeli comedy club, Dov Greenstein's performance of off-color and not very funny jokes turns into a poignant memoir of his miserable childhood. He has asked Avishai Lazar, a childhood acquaintance, to attend the performance. Dov and Avi had attended military youth camp, though Dov was abruptly removed to attend his mother's funeral. Joe Barrett does an adequate job reading the book, but he doesn't vary his voice enough, which makes it difficult to differentiate between Dov's performance and Avi's inner voice.
VERDICT Even though Barrett's interpretation is a little difficult to understand, this is highly recommended for the foreign and Jewish-themed collections of all libraries. ["Grossman brings real humanity to this heart-wrenching and well-written novel": LJ 9/15/16 starred review of the Knopf hc.]
Reviewed by Ilka Gordon, Beachwood, OH , Aug 04, 2017
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