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Love and Other Games of Chance

by Lee Siegel

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ISBN13: 9780142003916
ISBN10: 0142003913
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The flamboyant hero of this zany, wildly comic novel is Isaac Schlossbergcircus performer, entertainer, world traveler. The son of Jewish immigrants who arrived in America at the turn of the last century, Isaac spends his formative years in California, working sideshows, Wild West jamborees, and early films, before going on to India, England, Paris, Hollywood, and perhaps even to the top of Mt. Everest. Isaac organizes the tall tales of his past into one hundred chapters or squareslike those on the children's game of Snakes and Ladders. As he travels, he moves through erotic love affairs with, among others, a Jewish tightrope walker, the daughter of a Hindu snake charmer, and a mystical British aviatrix. Raucous and inventive, this three-ring circus of a novel is at once silly and grand, absurd yet full of meaning.

About the Author

Lee Siegel is professor of Indian religions at the University of Hawaii. The author of the novel Love in a Dead Language and several works of nonfiction, he is also a former member of both the International Brotherhood of Magicians and the Society of American Magicians.

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ISBN:
9780142003916
Subtitle:
A Novelty
Author:
Siegel, Lee
Publisher:
Penguin (Non-Classics)
Subject:
General
Subject:
Historical - General
Subject:
General Fiction
Publication Date:
20040224
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
432
Dimensions:
9.22x6.16x.91 in. 1.04 lbs.

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