Dancing Man

by Edward Hannibal and Hannibal

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671215957
• ISBN13: 9780671215958
• Release Date: October 1973
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Read it once a year!

Although Hannibal's Chocolate Days, Popsicle Weeks has garnered much praise, Dancing Man, for me, endures through the years. I first read this book in high school, and now am older than its' protagonist, Ben "Apples" Appleyard. The setting is the mid-1970's and Apples, fed up with life in New York, takes over his late grandfather's house in coastal Massachusetts. Through recalling his childhood days there, his kid brother's similar growing struggles, and his relationship with his wife, Billie, he comes to resolve what the next stage of his life will be. Additionally, he eloquently deals with issues of friendship, marriage, and death. Although the novel takes place in the 1970's, the story has many parallels in these days of overwork, corporate downsizing, and shifting family dynamics. I am surprised that no one in Hollywood has made a movie of this gem, but that would damage this old friend for me. The battered edition I own is a longtime favorite I revisit every year and will soon share with my daughter. (By the way, I eventually wound up living for a time in my late grandfather's house!)