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abvr (USA: MA) (2007/05/03):
The blurb on he front cover advertises the contents quite accurately: "A true account of the only person to have been a judge at both the Cannes Film Festival and the Miss America Pageant--in the same year--and lived to tell about it!" What it doesn't capture is the style. Goldman is always a fairly casual writer when he's doing non-fiction (as opposed to screenplays), and here he's at his most casual. Reading the book is like sitting around the hotel bar with him listening to him tell stories . . . complete with digressions, pauses, a healthy bit of exaggeration, and a little self-aggrandizement. A lot of people don't care for Goldman in his casual/breezy mode. If you're one of them, avoid this book at all costs. If, like me, you find it entertaining, by all means give this one a try. One last thing: If you *do* pick up the book and you find yourself getting bored halfway through . . . do yourself a favor and flip ahead to Chapter 25 before you lay the book aside. It tells a slightly surreal, very funny story and does so extremely well.
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