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5.0 out of 5 stars
Get your own ghost.,
This review is from: The Dance of Gengis Cohn (Paperback)
This novel from 1967 or 1968 tried to encompass the politics of death by picking the ghost of a Jewish comedian to complain about all the impositions which society may impose upon "Peace to our ashes." In the movie version, the ghost complains that the unappreciated comic's line, "I died out there," applies to him in a literal way. I could appreciate the comedy of this book before I went to Nam, so it seemed strange to me that the selective service would send a person with such an inappropriate emotional response, my love of ghosts, to Vietnam. By 1968, times were so desparate that they, my local draft board, thought it ought to be their choice more than mine, and I didn't have anything to bet on the outcome but my life. The 20th century would be taken far more seriously than it deserves to be, at this late date, if anyone still thinks that really, my sense of humor should have died out there. Lighten up, already.
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The Dance of Genghis Cohn by Romain Gary (Unknown Binding)
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