Book review: A Horse Walks Into A Bar by David Grossman
The premise of his latest story is simple. Dovaleh G, a fading stand-up short of stature and low in self-esteem, gives a final performance. His routine is that of a man in meltdown, and some of his audience, it emerges, have been specially invited to witness it.
And that’s about it. The entire book is taken up with a description of the comic’s monologue, of the stories he tells and the memories he shares, and the rollercoaster reactions of his audience. Its narrator is a former childhood friend, now a retired judge, who nurses his own private grief and is still trying to work out why he’s been summoned to the performance.
