Swine's Wedding - Hardcover

Weiss, Daniel Evan

3.86

49 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1852424192 ISBN 13: 9781852424190

Publisher: Serpent's Tail, 1996

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Daniel Evan Weiss took on the fierce conflict between humans and insects in his last book, The Roaches Have No King. Here he turns to the struggle between Jews and Christians joining together in holy matrimony. When Allison Pennybaker and Solomon Beneviste announce their engagement, the trouble begins: the Pennybakers plan a church wedding they can't afford, while Solomon's mother traces the bizarre Beneviste genealogy all the way back to the Spanish Inquisition as a nuptial present to the couple. This comic tragedy chronicles the ill-fated engagement as it slides into the chasm between the faiths, then crashes and burns.

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Review:

Try to imagine a cross between a Shakespeare tragedy and a Philip Roth comedy, with a few Stephen King horrific touches thrown in. Allison Pennybaker and Solomon Beneviste know when they announce their engagement that her Episcopalian parents and his Jewish mother will have some adjusting to do, but the wedding planning results in a nuclear-family meltdown. Daniel Evan Weiss' earlier book, The Roaches Have No King, was the best book written about a cockroach since Archy and Mehitabel. He's got a brilliant touch with over-the-top details.

About the Author:

Daniel Evan Weiss is the author of the novels Hell on Wheels, Honk if You Love Aphrodite and The Swine s Wedding. His non-fiction includes The Great Divide and 100% American. He lives in New York City.

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