The funniest and cleverest novel to date, from the most revered comic writer of his generation, Joseph Connolly. Amidst the seething melting pot of 1,600 passengers on the Atlantic cruise ship Transylvania are David and Nicole. Nicole and her two teenage children, Rollo and Marianne, are keen - but not David, or his mistress, Trish. Also on board are Jennifer and her daughter, Stacy. Jennifer would like to fall for Earl, the young son of American couple Dwight and Charlene. By the time the Transylvania docks in New York, the lives of all have been jarred, bruised and sexed-up, knocked-out or just plain shredded - and what seemed to be a set of inviolate futures now lies in utter disarray on the watery decks of this singular, castaway, floating city.
Entertaining, but a rough writing style for my tastes. Occasionally I had to reread several paragraphs at a time, once I realized there was a new narrator or two different people in a conversation.
When you’re sitting in the train feeling bored, you are cabale of reading the most uninteresting books known to man. So I did. British boomer humour, didn’t like how the monologues were written, had trouble differentiating between each character. 3 stars because I believe it was a respectable author and separately, the theme itself was quite engaging.