Hail! Hail!

As a massive Marx Bros. fan, this book seemed like an automatic buy for me. Harry Turtledove has a long history of doing some interesting alternate reality works, and taking the frantic foursome and tossing them back in time the Fredonian Rebellion was a neat take on the brothers Marx.

It was weird to see them referred to by their birth names, though. Only real fans would be able to keep them straight in their heads. The book was also not nearly as humorous as the Marxes were. At first, I was a little distracted by that, but having read enough biographies of the brothers, it was much more reflective of the melancholy and angst the brothers suffered offstage.

I liked this book, but I will be the first to tell you that it's probably not everyone's cup of tea.