Who has an average Europeans with wife and several suspected lover with "polygamist", is just as wrong as someone who expects a raunchy comedy. We are experiencing family life on the "amplifier" a large family (man, four women and eight children!) In Utah. The content of the novel is described by the publisher in the art and many reviews on Amazon US go on a. Essentially we experience events and characters as also in "normal" - occur families.
Why should we Europeans are still auseinandersetzen- this issue to more than 600 pages? Just because it's an excellent novel! The last time me a few crocodile tears at the death of a protagonist furtively cheeks are mulled down, was the death of Winnetou!
The authenticity of the novel stems not least likely therefore that Udall himself grew up in a large Mormon family clan. He is often compared to John Irving, which I believe also fully applies. Both succeed, a vivid picture of their heroes (or antiheroes) to develop, which can be part of the plot the reader.
I found in this book all the criteria a- not only because of the circumferential "great novel". Comedy, tragedy, vitality and lots of entertainment! A clear recommendation anyway on English- will succeed the German translation!
Royal, the headstrong son Rusty, the disabled daughter Glory and the ostrich Raymond, a house with an internal "Race Track", an atomic bomb ... despite 600 pages never a dull moment!
