Lord Malquist & Mr. Moon (An Evergreen black cat book) [Paperback]

Tom Stoppard (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Grove Press : distributed by Random House (1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802101038
• ISBN-13: 978-0802101037
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,851,078 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tom Stoppard is the author of such seminal works as Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Travesties, Every Good Boy Deserves a Favor, Arcadia, Jumpers, The Real Thing, and The Invention of Love.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome., August 23, 1998

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This review is from: Lord Malquist & Mr. Moon (An Evergreen black cat book) (Paperback)

I have to disagree with the other reviewer. I think this book fully measures up to his plays. While reading the novel, I had the sense almost of watching a film. The book is fast-paced, exhilirating, and very funny. The humour is vintage Stoppard, and it reads much like some of the long monologues in Jumpers and Travesties. I think the characters are incredible fascinating and found it very easy to connect w/ Mr. Moon. Overall, a wonderful book and a joyous read. Highly recommended!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Does not measure up to Stoppard's plays, March 12, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Lord Malquist & Mr. Moon (An Evergreen black cat book) (Paperback)

In reading CONVERSATIONS WITH STOPPARD, I came accross an interview in which Stoppard said that he was more satisfied with his novel, LORD MALQUIST AND MR. MOON, than with any of his plays. Now, I am a Stoppard fanatic and have read most of his plays, and I have no idea what posessed him to make such a statement. LORD MALQUIST AND MR. MOON is a very good book, and I would be impressed were it from almost any other author. For the author of gems like ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD, ROUGH CROSSING, and JUMPERS, however, this novel is a bit disappointing. The style is unmistakably Stoppard (don't get me wrong -- this is a must read for any Stoppard devotee), but the plot is a bit muddled, and it is hard to identify with the characters (whereas everyone can identify with the lack of control felt over his own life by Rosencrantz). Overall, a good novel, but not vintage Stoppard