Bare bones plot so author can expound on the deeper meanings of life...

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	• Between the Bridge and the River Craig Ferguson Chronicle Books, 2007 - 336 pages average customer review:based on 79 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A great, fun read

This book is fun, witty and inteligent. Craig's skill presents ideas and views that are refreshing and worldly.

Masturbating Ferguson

Ferguson's weak and annoying attempts at being clever grate. The turn of a phrase fine, but go somewhere with it and stop congratulating yourself on your attempts at wit. If you want real wit, wisdom and cutting-edge character insight, buy Irving Welsh - whom Ferguson is obviously trying to emulate. Nice try.

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Bare bones plot so author can expound on the deeper meanings of life...

Actor/Comedian/Talk Show Host Craig Ferguson has published a novel, Between the Bridge and the River. It is very, very good. It tells the stories of two friends, Fraser and Paul, who grow up together then drift apart in Glasgow in the `70s. The city of their childhood is a rough and dangerous place, but despite it all both manage to achieve a measure of success in their fields which enables them to rise above their economic origins. Fraser becomes a televangelist who indulges in every vice available to him; George takes a more mundane career, a relatively stable home life and possibly terminal cancer. Both are deeply unsatisfied with their lives, and about a third of the way through the book both are forced to do something about it.

Ferguson's book is structured like one of Tom Robbins'; that is, the bare bones of a plot exists so the author can expound on the deeper meanings of life, the universe and everything. There's a lot of stand-up comedian in this book, a lot of "did you ever notice that...", but it works in the context of the story Ferguson's telling. He stops the story occasionally in order to tell a smaller story, such as the one about the battle-weary soldier of the Crusades who makes a life with the feared crone of a Spanish village. It's a beautiful story. Next time you find yourself in a bookstore soon, pick this one up and just read the ten or so pages that comprise the segment. It begins on page 143.

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Hmm...

I've been plugging away at this book for a while now, and I don't get it. What am I missing? I love Craig Ferguson - I think he's hilarious. But he's written this book that is also supposed to be hilarious, and I am halfway through it and can't figure out what it's about. I'm rating it pretty high just because I love the guy who wrote it, but in all honesty I am not finding it to be a page-turner. Maybe I'll have a better review to share once I've finished it. If I ever do.

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