Without pausing for paragraphs, the novel rolls along at an astonishing pace. At no time are you bowled over by the details and the somewhat surreal plot. The author tells a story which deals with the arrival of a tiny circus in a town in Hungary. The circus says it will display the largest whale in the world. Rumors would have it that the circus has a secret agenda.
Hysteria soon rules.
The Melancholy of Resistance will keep a willing reader turning pages late into the night. Just because we're not familiar with a person is no cause to avoid reading an account of a family. Bessie, sifting through old records, discovered that his family contains a host of interesting and charming individuals. Bessie's uncle was one of the country's leading executives, founding a famed advertising agency. A cousin founded the publishing house of Atheneum Books.