HAMLET HAD AN UNCLE

by Branch Cabell ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 15, 1939

Slightly salacious spoof on the Shakespearean classic, which -- according to Mr. Cabell, is a perverted version of the actual incident in Jutland many years ago. He shows Hamlet's stepfather as actually his father, the result of his mother's extra-marital dalliances; his father's death was accidental, but the code of avenging every death must be followed. Result -- mass carnage, then off to England where he and a bachelor uncle hit the pace. More deaths to avenge -- and so Hamlet and the Queen are slain, Entertainment of highly specialized nature, for those who like this eclectic type of thing. Personally, it leaves me cold.

Pub Date: Jan. 15, 1939

ISBN: 0809532379

Page Count: -

Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 1939

Categories: FICTION