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DECEMBER 3, 2008
Master Butchers Singing Club

***ckubala ~ The Characters are the thing....

I hated to see this one end as I fell in love with the characters. In the first chapters you follow Fidelis Waldvogel from the World War I German battlefields, to his journey to America with only a suitcase of sausages and his master butcher knives. He lands in Argus, North Dakota, works for a time for Pete Kozka, always letting him know his intention to strike out on his own. This he does and the ensuing rivalry between the two is a story in itself. Enter two more well fleshed characters, Delphine Watzka , with the rock hard flat stomach that is used as a table by her friend and odd lover, Cyprian, a balancing expert with a traveling act. Add Ron , Delphine's hard drinking, poor excuse of a father with his own dark secrets, Step-and-a-half, the local rag picker, love, friendship, murder, and small town life as our nation recovers from one war only to lead into another, making this a story that is hard to put down. Erdrich blends her love of history and Ojibwa heritage yet again, in this saga. A bit long, perhaps, maybe too much story for one book, but still, the characters absolutely shine. A good choice for book groups. I haven't read an Erdrich book in a long time and was quite entertained by this one.

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