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- A. Morris
- UK
- 08-08-18
Crazy over use of First name Surname
Love L&H and this book is part fact part fiction. I liked the way it was structured; set at the tail end of Stan's life and flashing back. The author doesn't hold back in terms of expletives so expect an F for sex. And Stan did a lot of it. Always had to have a woman in his life and always had to marry them, often naively The majority of the story does revolve around his love life, so don't expect the minutae about their films. What shone through was his love for Babe. Enjoy
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- Wilf
- 30-01-19
Loved this book
John Connolly is a fine writer and has written a beautiful book, I’m a fan of Laurel and Hardy or Stan and Babe as this book is about them. I recommend it.
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- Terry Tyler
- 26-09-18
Stunning
Beautiful, delicate prose flows like epic poetry, telling the extremely moving story of two great men who meant so much to so many. It'll make you laugh and cry. Highly recommended.
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- pat o brien
- Ireland
- 05-09-18
truly remarkable love story.
Love is never black and white.
Love is never silent.
But love is eternal.
strongest ship of all. Friendship.
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- mr philip kelly
- 03-09-18
Great insight but Hard going.
Struggled to finished it, and still haven't.
A fantastic insight into the life of the stars of the golden age.
It is hard to defferentiate the fiction and nonfiction of the characters, such as Chaplin, an odd character all be it a genius. The, " He tells, he says, he, he, is unsettling at the start, bit in time it becomes the correct format, as there are so many facts put forward.
I kept looking up the characters to visualise them, and many I knew from old films. over all good....bit hard going.
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- Jason White
- 04-04-18
beautifully written and read.
I absolutely loved every word, totaly unmissable if you're a fan of Laurel and Hardy!
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- truetoo
- 25-10-17
The Perfect Book
Hats off to Mr Connolly, he uniquely captures the era; the characters; the build-up; the newness and energy of the infant film industry; the excitement of success; the regret of the ever changing cast of wives; the boredom of the wind-down and the inevitable mental and physical decay, exquisitely. On top of all of that he explains, quite possibly, the only successfully known retirement of any actor in history. And not an unnecessary word in sight..
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- CitySallie
- 06-09-17
Tender, breathtakingly beautiful, fascinating.
A biography, but more importantly, a love story. I had no idea about the story of these two men, so familiar to my childhood.
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- Richard H.
- 30-08-17
"At the Oceana Apartments..."
A fantastic novel about loss, regret and life ofa great man. Love this authors work.
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- jashy
- 03-10-17
narrator was good but let down by story.
I rarely leave comments but have to for this. It didn't really demonstrate the connection and love between these men which is what I thought out was meant to be about, or anything meaningful about the work they did together - mostly about the endless pathetic marriages and affairs and how poorly people treat each other and suck the life and joy from each other with little consideration for others. I ended up not liking the main character..... few redeeming features he didn't like being alone and every time Babe had woman trouble Stan follows suit and he has no clue why he does anything. the narrative attempts to connect the timings of their sexual and marital escapades as the tie between them which is disappointingly shallow - I suspect the author simply cannot conceive of the importance and depth of friendship pure and simple. There was even a moment where I thought we were going to be treated to a full homosexual theory. I can't work out what the author was trying to achieve and suspect he wished he'd written it from Babe's perspective - at least he stuck by an alcoholic wife and made a hopelessly romantic and demure 3rd marriage although treated a long time lover poorly in the meantime. There is a really annoying stylistic device at the beginning of most of the early chapters with repetition of names or places or acts in every sentence which adds nothing you the tale. if you like Laurel & Hardy don't bother. if you are looking for a story about meaningful friendship give this a miss. If you like a soap opera of celebrity peccadillos from 1930s this may be for you.
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