The Confetti man

by Bonnie Jones Reynolds

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812817400
• ISBN13: 9780812817409
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Stein
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.

Customer Reviews

And You Think You Have Strange Famiy Traditions...

There are eccentric families and then there are the Burgesses. The Confetti Man chronicles a modern young woman's initial rejection and replusion of her paternal ancestors' reverence and adherence to a bizarre doctrine implemented by Rip Burgess over a century ago. It's essence is the manner of preservation of paper, and Rip must be commended for his attention to detail. Such compliation is worthy indeed of Koontz, King and Clive Barker. To the untrained eye it would seem the Burgess family lives under constant threat of bringing down the wrath of old Rip. Everyone but dear Morrow Burgess embraces the family doctrine, but as she tries so hard to free herself from this outright scarey curse she learns that only by facing it can she finally turn away from it. What happens inbetween is what makes this story move along and keep the reader eagerly turning page after page. Morrow is a very likeable character and we can't help but smile when she absconds with a man's secret but extensive porno collection in order to prepare herself for marriage or when she robs the family crypt in the name of preservation of the paper. As I neared the ending I realized that at some point the story slipped into the surreal. It left me feeling vague about what exactly did happen to Morrow. But I was hooked from the very beginning and you will be too.