Mr. Bingle

by George Barr McCutcheon

George Barr McCutcheon (1866-1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include a series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, Brewster's Millions (1902), a play and several films. Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series, he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting. His works Castle Craneycrow (1902), The Sherrods (1903), The Day of the Dog (1904), Beverly of Graustark (1904), The Purple Parasol (1905), Jane Cable (1905), Nedra (1905), Cowardice Court (1906), The Flyers (1907), The Daughter of Anderson Crow (1907), The Husbands of Edith (1908), The Man from Brodney's (1908), Brood House (1910), Mary Midthorne (1911), Anderson Crow, Detective (1920), Viola Gwyn (1922), and Kindling and Ashes (1926).

Genres: Fiction

244 pages, Paperback

Published October 19, 2007

About the author

George Barr McCutcheon was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, and the novel Brewster's Millions, which was adapted into a play and several films.

Reviews

[Kat · Rating 3 out of 5]

About 20% into this book, after getting used to it a little I declared it was "an excellent book"...then I kept reading and I'm afraid I need to modify my early review. I liked it overall for it's novelty and it's ability to ignore flow and just drop new and crazy things into a story regardless of if it makes sense. Just pretend it makes sense and it does, right? But even still, that's McCutcheon for you and part of the fun of reading him. This story was heartwarming, if you can read a book without questioning the logical feelings of the characters you can like this book too, at least it's original!

[Betsy · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first part of the book was delightful. After the inevitable happens, not so much.