Robert Coover, Pinocchio in Venice *** 1/2

I'm rating Pinocchio in Venice one star lower than I did the first time I read it. I stand by everything I said in my earlier review, but the high rating really only applies to Part I ("A Snowy Night"). The rest of the book is a bawdy picaresque full of wordplay, which recapitulates the original adventures of Pinocchio. (It's amazing how many English expressions involve wood.) I found it tiresome and repetitive at times.

I really liked the first part, though, especially its Venetian atmosphere.