- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins (26 April 1994)
- ISBN-10: 0006170099
- ISBN-13: 978-0006170099
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.9 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 38,913 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is a must for anyone visiting the Caribbean!
Norman Paperman decides to leave New York to start running a small hotel in the Caribbean. The ideal turns to strife when the layed-back attitude of the Caribbean starts to cause him problems; his bartender runs away, the cistern runs out of water (and then collapses after a heavy rainfall), the chamber maids run away, his builder leaves him half-way through construction of some new rooms, but Norman manages to overcome all these hurdles and more!
The book highlights the attitudes and dificulties of living and working in the tropics; just because you are used to things working in civilisation, doesn't mean they will work the same way here!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Working in an island hotel and having traveled extensively around the Caribbean over the last 20 years have often experienced fading traces of the life and society Hermann Wouk so gently describes. The sad thing is that as "A reader from St John, A US Virgin Island" so rightly comments, there are few instances of real “island life” and few opportunities to embark on such an adventure today, the 21st century and many it’s social ills having arrived along with the tourist dollars. Lucky we are to be able to seek refuge in this enjoyable book!
That is probably the reason I have read the book several times. It’s a fun read and the story is quite easy to fit into. The love-story bit is not really necessary and is clumsily recounted, spoiling the credibility of the rest of the book a little.
I often offer a copy of “Don’t Stop The Carnival” to arriving colleagues, it’s a good read after a gloomy day especially if you are lounging in your hammock on the veranda sipping a rum-punch with some soft reggae or Jimmy Buffet on the CD player (try that at home …).
The story has apparently been filmed, with an appropriate Jimmy Buffet score. Unfortunately the film seems to be unavailable – I have been looking for it for years. Read Jimmy Buffet’s kindly written “A Pirate turns 50” to get another view of what we all thought it would be like when we came here. Patrick Leigh Fermor’s “The Traveller’s Tree” will give you a more authentic and nostalgic, though sometimes even more hilarious account.
That is probably the reason I have read the book several times. It’s a fun read and the story is quite easy to fit into. The love-story bit is not really necessary and is clumsily recounted, spoiling the credibility of the rest of the book a little.
I often offer a copy of “Don’t Stop The Carnival” to arriving colleagues, it’s a good read after a gloomy day especially if you are lounging in your hammock on the veranda sipping a rum-punch with some soft reggae or Jimmy Buffet on the CD player (try that at home …).
The story has apparently been filmed, with an appropriate Jimmy Buffet score. Unfortunately the film seems to be unavailable – I have been looking for it for years. Read Jimmy Buffet’s kindly written “A Pirate turns 50” to get another view of what we all thought it would be like when we came here. Patrick Leigh Fermor’s “The Traveller’s Tree” will give you a more authentic and nostalgic, though sometimes even more hilarious account.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I too was captured by Jimmy Buffetts' Musical score of this Carribean Adventure, and wanted to read his inspiration. Herman Wauk is now one of my favorite authors. I could really sympathize with Norman Paperman, and I found myself falling in love with Iris as the story went on. Hats off to you Mr. Wauk I will pursue the rest of your works and read them all!!!!!
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One of my favourite books!!
I read this book some three years ago and I will read it again. This is one of the most hilarious novels I ever read. Read more
Published 1 month ago by F., E., Van Rhijn
Don't Stop the Carnival
A very funny book, quite a period piece of writing, but if you have lived in the West Indies you may recognise some of the scenes. Read more
Published on 9 May 2010 by A. J. St Rose
Don't stop the Carnival
First it is only fair to say that since this book was written in 1965, you probably won't find anywhere like Amerigo today. Read more
Published on 1 Jun 2009 by Peter Buckley
Insightful view of an earlier time
Wouk has captured the spirit of the islands, but in a simpler time unfortunately long past. While many of the frustrations of life in paradise are amusingly presented, the... Read more
Published on 18 May 1999
TIME TRANSCENDING, BRILLIANT
I read this adventuresome tale after hearing Buffett's soundtrack. I was expecting a predictable yet descriptive 'Buffettesque' tale of the tropics. Read more
Published on 7 April 1999
A Must Read
If anyone is interested in working in the hotel business, this is a must read. It was written as fiction, but it could be a textbook for the hospitality industry. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 1999
Severly dated simplistic
I read this following the 10 books for a deserted island from Jimmy Buffet's "A Pirate Looks at 50". Read more
Published on 15 Jan 1999
Like Buffett's music, Wouk's DSTC will transport you away
This book definitely IS worth the price of admission. I found, however that it started slowly, with Wouk giving the background of the main character in NYC. Read more
Published on 13 Sep 1998
funny
Don't stop the carnival is a very funny book. I read about 2 books a month and laughed out loud at this book at least six times in the first half of the book. Read more
Published on 3 Sep 1998
Quick easy read with deep theme
Don't Stop the Carnival is a breeze to read. It has a deep theme, but you don't have to read deep into it to get it. Read more
Published on 30 Aug 1998
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