Customer Reviews

The Pitcher Shower

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

What a dear book! Also a little naughty. Reminds one of the stranger-comes-to-town lighthearted Westerns of the late 1960s and early 1970s. When Hoppy, an itinerant mountain "pitcher shower", takes on a high-voiced young lad as his apprentice, all sorts of unusual events ensue that grow downright Shakespearean in scope. Foul play robs him of his Hopalong Cassidy repertoire, leaving him with only the Bard's Midsummer Night's Dream to pacify the entertainment-starved masses. Mistaken identities run rampant and chaos -- and a truly excellent belly laugh -- rule the roost.

This is one of the funniest pitcher shows I ever saw. Can't wait until Donald drives up in the truck again with yet another amazing pitcher show! Loved it, loved it....Thank you once again...

Certainly an amusing and intriguing plot and character development. I'm no prude, but there was a bit more "poking" and vulgar language than necessary, but I can live with that.

I'd give it five stars except for the fact that the Hoppy character was so completely spineless and unprotective of his girlfriend, that it was quite annoying to me. I kept shouting to myself, "Hoppy, kick that stupid slut out, and punch her other boyfriend in the snoot," but he never did.

I certain did enjoy this otherwise.

Donald Harington, (with only one 'r') is one of the most unique authors I've ever read. While I've only gotten through three of his works so far, I intend to read them all. He isn't for the reader who can't stand to stroll down the path of flights of fancy from reality nor would the prudish reader find him tolerable. He can be pretty earthy without being vulgar but he always remains true to what lurks in the minds of so many. His Ozarkian settings make it easy to laugh at a locality and its inhabitants but down deep, these are the people and the personalities of Everywhere, USA. He's like a potato chip...you can't take just one.