5/28/2023 0 Comments The Auguste by Keith Blackburn![]() ![]() The Auguste is a rich and intricate novel that offers a poetic and entertaining tapestry. Despite his best efforts, however, he becomes waylaid at every turn by a cast of wonderfully grotesque characters and a series of surrealistic episodes beyond his control. Surprisingly unperturbed by this, he attempts to make it to his office, or to a doctor's, determined to find a way out of the bad dream. This archetype is what Algy has become, the ragged little hobo who gets the pie in his face. ![]() The dictionary definition of an Auguste is a circus clown. In fact, not only has his appearance changed, but so have his surroundings and all the people he knows. One October morning in 1932, Algy, a 22-year old junior clerk at Gurney and Barman's wool mill, awakes to find himself transformed into a frail old clown. For Algy Tuckett, his hair is the least of his problems. ![]()
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