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Readers who love a springtime romp, quick banter, playful romance, and stories where strangers swap names and adventures turn on a tossed slipper. It suits anyone who enjoys wit and a happy sense of mischief.
Che cos’è questo libro
What if the worst weekend of your life turned out to be the best? Meredith Nicholson's comic novel The Madness of May sends a young banker's son racing through Westchester County and Connecticut, certain his life is over. A cheerful stranger in a driving coat is just as sure he is wrong. Expect a runaway suitcase, borrowed names, midnight clowns and a moon hung in a tree. The talk is quick, the chase is funny, and the urge to walk out the door in May is on every page. It begins with a frightened young man coming home to find a stranger in his room.
In questo riassunto
- 1A thief meets an unexpected guestFree
- 2A lost suitcase and a tossed slipper
- 3A dancing clown and a moon in a tree
- 4A breakfast and a suitcase of paper
- 5Dinner with a very odd family
- 6What the story is really about
- 7How the story is told
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A thief meets an unexpected guest
Billy Deering comes home near Radford Hills and learns that a Mr. Hood waits in the south guest room. Billy goes pale. He thinks he has taken two hundred thousand dollars in bonds from his father's banking firm, and he believes this stranger has come to arrest him.
Hood is a tall, weather-beaten man with a short beard, feet on the table and newspaper clippings all around. He talks without stopping. He calls himself a hobo with a taste for good society and a friend to the underdog.
Billy cannot tell if the man is a lunatic or a crook. But he is tired and ashamed, and Hood's warmth wears down his guard. After a long silence, Billy holds out his hand and agrees to tell his story.
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Questions about La follia di maggio
What is The Madness of May about?
It follows a young banker named Billy Deering who has taken bonds from his father's box and loses them. A cheerful wanderer named Hood takes him on a spring chase, guided by a tossed slipper, through odd meetings and a mysterious clown girl.
Who is Hood in The Madness of May?
Hood calls himself a hobo with a weakness for good society and a friend to the underdog. He admires Robin Hood and Don Quixote, travels with a chauffeur named Cassowary, and believes laughter and fresh air can cure nearly any trouble.
What does the madness of May mean in the book?
It is the urge to drop worry and dull routine when spring arrives. In the story, a novel with that name sets many characters on the road, and Hood treats the feeling as a healthy way to rediscover play.
Is The Madness of May a true story?
No. It is a comic novel by Meredith Nicholson, set in Westchester County and Connecticut. The plot is made up of coincidence, disguise and romance, though the places and details feel true to their time.
Is The Madness of May easy to read?
Yes, in the sense that the chapters are short and the story moves quickly. Much of it is lively talk, with jokes, poems and funny set pieces, so it is easy to follow and pleasant to hear aloud.