My interest in THE WILD PARTY started with the flop American-International Picture of 1975, a Merchant & Ivory production, with James Coco, Perry King and Raquel Welch. Powerful narrative, but I can do without the illustrations I have not seen the move or the Broadway plays, and chances are won't, the original poem is more than satisfying enough for me. Still, even today the story maintains a kind of rawness and edge that stays with the reader. Queenie remains the center of the story, and rightfully so, she is the most developed and most fascinating.Īpparently this book was banned in Boston, and I guess it is understandable given the times. The characters are great, the kind that one wishes to know of some more. It never seems forced in the least, but flows well and succeed's in pulling the reader into the party itself. Certainly the brief description of the book made it even easier to buy.īut now having read it in one sitting, I was blown away at how brilliant it was! The poetic style is very easy to get into, and its use to tell this gripping tale was amazing. I decided to buy this book for no other reason than that I loved the 1949 Robert Wise film, "The Set-up", and wanted to check out the other book written by the original story's author, Joseph Moncure March.
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