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December 6, 2023
Original review 12-16-12:
Super spoiler alert, actually. I’ll probably give it all away in this one, because I want to. This tale is that cool. You’ve been warned.
This book was pretty awesome. It covers what happened to Jacob Marley during the whole Christmas Carol thing from the time of his death through Scrooge’s reclamation, and also includes a bit of history for Marley as well.
Let’s be clear that this is not prose on the same level as the masterful Dickens himself, nor should anyone expect it to be. He’s Charles-frickin-Dickens, after all, and nearly an impossible act to follow. The author even starts out with an apology in which he states "I approach Dickens' masterpiece with fear and trembling, but I take comfort in the knowledge that however this effort is received, A Christmas Carol will remain pristine, unbesmirched by my muddy little footprints.” He spoke true. Mula takes a few liberties with the original story, but it doesn’t detract from the original in the least, and as long as you can approach it with that in mind, your enjoyment of this book will increase dramatically.
The story starts off with the same line that opens the original: “Marley was dead: to begin with. There was no doubt whatever about that.” Then the language begins to depart from its source material, and we’re eventually told that “In the words of an old song, ‘He was not only merely dead, he was really most sincerely dead.’” Marley doesn’t remember much of the actual event and finds himself in a counting house of sorts where he’s told to wait while the clerk looks him up in a book. The clerk starts muttering “Oh my,” and “Oh, so that was you, was it?” as he reads, and Marley begins to become concerned. He realizes that he’s going to be sent to hell, more or less, and is shackled in his chains, and ledgers, and cash boxes; the raiment with which he’s most commonly associated. At one point he asks, “But, I thought all our debts were to be forgiven?” to which the clerk replies, “Not my department, my good sir.”
And so Marley is sent out into the world with his bogle, a spirit assigned to him during his life to make him into a better person, and who failed miserably in spite of his best efforts. The bogle explains how things work. Every man has a spirit working on him and has his own grim reaper standing beside him as well. Sometimes the spirits have help from other spirits if a subject is proving to be difficult. The bogle even goes so far as to explain that Marley actually had 138 working on him at one time, but he outlasted all of them, and they one by one drifted off to more promising prospects, such as axe murderers, and the like.
Marley is told that he can lose his shackles if he can perform a major good deed. He signs the contract without looking at it, anything to escape hell, and all. Then he finds out that his assignment is to redeem Scrooge who was even worse than Marley. Then he finds out he’s given only 24 hours in which to perform this miracle, so he gets to work. He tries to frighten Scrooge into acting better by appearing to him and acting spooky, but we find out that Scrooge isn’t intimidated by ghosts. In fact, he wears himself out trying to beat Marley with a poker which simply passes through the specter. The conversation that follows basically amounts to Scrooge telling Marley to F off and leave him alone as he goes to bed. Scrooge intends to sleep whether Marley stays or goes.
Marley regroups when he and the bogle learn he can flash Scrooge’s past before his eyes. Marley dresses up as a weirdo styling himself as the Ghost of Christmas Past and proceeds to do just that. At first Scrooge tries to kill that ghost as well, saying he’s had enough of such malarkey, but the memories intrude. While that’s going on, Marley starts reliving his own past. He doesn’t want to, but there’s no way to stop it, and we find out that Marley had a pretty crappy childhood himself. At the end of the memories we find that on the day Marley died, Scrooge had dicked him out of his half of the business. That caused Marley to go a bit crazy, have a stroke, and die. Once this comes back to Marley, he no longer has much interest in redeeming Scrooge who has passed out after seeing his own past, and the bogle tries to beat up Scrooge, but can’t due to that whole can’t see/can’t feel thing between the physical and spirit worlds.
Eventually Marley figures “what the hell,” and tries to continue redeeming Scrooge. The bogle calls out to the main office and arranges for the Christmas spirit to possess Marley. Marley feels joy the like of which he’s never felt before, and it alters his appearance to that of the Ghost of Christmas Present as we know him. Things pretty much play out the way they do in the original book, yet Marley is continuously feeling that immense joy. Then it’s over.
After Marley comes down off his high, he and the bogle see an alarming thing. Scrooge can see his personal Grim Reaper, and that means only one thing: Scrooge is going to die. Scrooge mistakes the silent figure as the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, which is a logical mistake given his recent experiences. The Grim Reaper is fine showing the future to Scrooge for a few minutes before they go on, and that gives Marley time to come up with a plan. He has the ability to freeze time and does so at that moment. He then hides Scrooge back in his own room, alters his own appearance to resemble that of Scrooge, restarts time, and goes with the Grim Reaper. The bogle protests greatly at this plan, but is powerless to stop Marley. Once everyone at the office finds out what has actually happened, plenty of people, or spirits, are rather pissed off, but it’s not like they can do anything to Marley about it as he’s already in hell. Scrooge’s GR is reassigned to him to select another time to bring him along to the afterlife, and Scrooge becomes a good person.
After reexamining everything, the clerk at the counting house promotes the bogle, and he goes to heaven as his assignment was making Marley a better person. Marley’s shackles are removed, and he’s allowed to just hang out and do whatever. He finds he kind of likes the redemption business, and he takes a job at the counting house.
So, there you have it, the Piercenotes version of this behind-the-scenes tell-all of A Christmas Carol. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes that tale or Christmas stories in general. It’s peppered with amusing witticisms and turns of events, not all of which are in this review, so I recommend it to people who like humor as well.
*12-14-13 update: This book was so good, I read it again 12/6/13-12/7/13. I think I'll make it a Christmas tradition right along with the original Christmas Carol.
Super spoiler alert, actually. I’ll probably give it all away in this one, because I want to. This tale is that cool. You’ve been warned.
This book was pretty awesome. It covers what happened to Jacob Marley during the whole Christmas Carol thing from the time of his death through Scrooge’s reclamation, and also includes a bit of history for Marley as well.
Let’s be clear that this is not prose on the same level as the masterful Dickens himself, nor should anyone expect it to be. He’s Charles-frickin-Dickens, after all, and nearly an impossible act to follow. The author even starts out with an apology in which he states "I approach Dickens' masterpiece with fear and trembling, but I take comfort in the knowledge that however this effort is received, A Christmas Carol will remain pristine, unbesmirched by my muddy little footprints.” He spoke true. Mula takes a few liberties with the original story, but it doesn’t detract from the original in the least, and as long as you can approach it with that in mind, your enjoyment of this book will increase dramatically.
The story starts off with the same line that opens the original: “Marley was dead: to begin with. There was no doubt whatever about that.” Then the language begins to depart from its source material, and we’re eventually told that “In the words of an old song, ‘He was not only merely dead, he was really most sincerely dead.’” Marley doesn’t remember much of the actual event and finds himself in a counting house of sorts where he’s told to wait while the clerk looks him up in a book. The clerk starts muttering “Oh my,” and “Oh, so that was you, was it?” as he reads, and Marley begins to become concerned. He realizes that he’s going to be sent to hell, more or less, and is shackled in his chains, and ledgers, and cash boxes; the raiment with which he’s most commonly associated. At one point he asks, “But, I thought all our debts were to be forgiven?” to which the clerk replies, “Not my department, my good sir.”
And so Marley is sent out into the world with his bogle, a spirit assigned to him during his life to make him into a better person, and who failed miserably in spite of his best efforts. The bogle explains how things work. Every man has a spirit working on him and has his own grim reaper standing beside him as well. Sometimes the spirits have help from other spirits if a subject is proving to be difficult. The bogle even goes so far as to explain that Marley actually had 138 working on him at one time, but he outlasted all of them, and they one by one drifted off to more promising prospects, such as axe murderers, and the like.
Marley is told that he can lose his shackles if he can perform a major good deed. He signs the contract without looking at it, anything to escape hell, and all. Then he finds out that his assignment is to redeem Scrooge who was even worse than Marley. Then he finds out he’s given only 24 hours in which to perform this miracle, so he gets to work. He tries to frighten Scrooge into acting better by appearing to him and acting spooky, but we find out that Scrooge isn’t intimidated by ghosts. In fact, he wears himself out trying to beat Marley with a poker which simply passes through the specter. The conversation that follows basically amounts to Scrooge telling Marley to F off and leave him alone as he goes to bed. Scrooge intends to sleep whether Marley stays or goes.
Marley regroups when he and the bogle learn he can flash Scrooge’s past before his eyes. Marley dresses up as a weirdo styling himself as the Ghost of Christmas Past and proceeds to do just that. At first Scrooge tries to kill that ghost as well, saying he’s had enough of such malarkey, but the memories intrude. While that’s going on, Marley starts reliving his own past. He doesn’t want to, but there’s no way to stop it, and we find out that Marley had a pretty crappy childhood himself. At the end of the memories we find that on the day Marley died, Scrooge had dicked him out of his half of the business. That caused Marley to go a bit crazy, have a stroke, and die. Once this comes back to Marley, he no longer has much interest in redeeming Scrooge who has passed out after seeing his own past, and the bogle tries to beat up Scrooge, but can’t due to that whole can’t see/can’t feel thing between the physical and spirit worlds.
Eventually Marley figures “what the hell,” and tries to continue redeeming Scrooge. The bogle calls out to the main office and arranges for the Christmas spirit to possess Marley. Marley feels joy the like of which he’s never felt before, and it alters his appearance to that of the Ghost of Christmas Present as we know him. Things pretty much play out the way they do in the original book, yet Marley is continuously feeling that immense joy. Then it’s over.
After Marley comes down off his high, he and the bogle see an alarming thing. Scrooge can see his personal Grim Reaper, and that means only one thing: Scrooge is going to die. Scrooge mistakes the silent figure as the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, which is a logical mistake given his recent experiences. The Grim Reaper is fine showing the future to Scrooge for a few minutes before they go on, and that gives Marley time to come up with a plan. He has the ability to freeze time and does so at that moment. He then hides Scrooge back in his own room, alters his own appearance to resemble that of Scrooge, restarts time, and goes with the Grim Reaper. The bogle protests greatly at this plan, but is powerless to stop Marley. Once everyone at the office finds out what has actually happened, plenty of people, or spirits, are rather pissed off, but it’s not like they can do anything to Marley about it as he’s already in hell. Scrooge’s GR is reassigned to him to select another time to bring him along to the afterlife, and Scrooge becomes a good person.
After reexamining everything, the clerk at the counting house promotes the bogle, and he goes to heaven as his assignment was making Marley a better person. Marley’s shackles are removed, and he’s allowed to just hang out and do whatever. He finds he kind of likes the redemption business, and he takes a job at the counting house.
So, there you have it, the Piercenotes version of this behind-the-scenes tell-all of A Christmas Carol. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes that tale or Christmas stories in general. It’s peppered with amusing witticisms and turns of events, not all of which are in this review, so I recommend it to people who like humor as well.
*12-14-13 update: This book was so good, I read it again 12/6/13-12/7/13. I think I'll make it a Christmas tradition right along with the original Christmas Carol.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 25, 2019
2.5 stars
December 17, 2023
Closing the loop on a weirdly persistent memory from childhood, where in two successive Christmas seasons I tuned to 89.3 KBIA and caught snatches of the reading/performance of this book by the author. It apparently aired for seven years on NPR back in the late 90s and early 00s.
I forgot about it, remembered it, tried to find it and failed, gave up, remembered it again, and finally found it on Audible.
It's...pretty bad. A clever idea and interesting opening that ultimately drowns in amateurish prose and unearned character changes. All for a theme that is just kitschy turn-of-the-millennium moralistic therapeutic deism.
Mula was super unqualified to write a sidequel to a Dickens story. Dickens wasn't perfect but he was a master of his craft and wrote with confidence, without irony.
Still, it was fun to chase down an old memory.
I forgot about it, remembered it, tried to find it and failed, gave up, remembered it again, and finally found it on Audible.
It's...pretty bad. A clever idea and interesting opening that ultimately drowns in amateurish prose and unearned character changes. All for a theme that is just kitschy turn-of-the-millennium moralistic therapeutic deism.
Mula was super unqualified to write a sidequel to a Dickens story. Dickens wasn't perfect but he was a master of his craft and wrote with confidence, without irony.
Still, it was fun to chase down an old memory.
January 3, 2019
Very enjoyable read from the perspective of Marley. This redemption story is hopeful and pretty just like Scrooge’s transformation!
December 1, 2023
A re-read of this sweet story. I watched the author portray Scrooge in the Goodman Theater's production of A Christmas Carol several times, many years ago. Mr. Mula felt that Marley got a raw deal, so takes some liberties with Dickens' story, but definitely maintains the hopefulness of the season.
December 19, 2011
Gonna have to have a new shelf here: mash-ups. Jacob Marley is dead...we've always known that, and we're not at all upset by it. He does his one little scene, sets Scrooge's redemption into motion and then disappears. BUT Mula, who's played Marley onstage, has invented a backstory, and a front story for Jacob that makes him so real.
I have never cried all the times I've read or watched A Christmas Carol, but I cried at the climactic scene here...I fell in love with Jacob in a way I never did with Scrooge.
The story follows the visits of the three Ghosts, but what we didn't know is each of them is Jacob, doing his best to redeem the only man whose heart is even blacker and less likely to be redeemed than his own. It's the only way he'll escape eternal damnation, and he's not happy with his task. Along with a tiny sprite, he tries.
Every time Scrooge sees his past, Marley's seeing his. His unhappy childhood, his gentle crush on a young girl, his victimization at the hands of a young bully...and his partnership with Scrooge-- first to get revenge on the bully, then to take over Fezziwig's business, then to watch each other with black suspicion. Marley sees it all and weeps at his lost opportunities.
I was touched by the scene with Ignorance and Want, the most perplexing scene to me...Mula's touches made the scene mean even more to me...but it's Marley's impulsive act of sacrifice, risking the eternal damnation he has been threatened with, that moved me.
And, as Tiny Tim AND the Bogle said, 'God bless us, every one.'
I have never cried all the times I've read or watched A Christmas Carol, but I cried at the climactic scene here...I fell in love with Jacob in a way I never did with Scrooge.
The story follows the visits of the three Ghosts, but what we didn't know is each of them is Jacob, doing his best to redeem the only man whose heart is even blacker and less likely to be redeemed than his own. It's the only way he'll escape eternal damnation, and he's not happy with his task. Along with a tiny sprite, he tries.
Every time Scrooge sees his past, Marley's seeing his. His unhappy childhood, his gentle crush on a young girl, his victimization at the hands of a young bully...and his partnership with Scrooge-- first to get revenge on the bully, then to take over Fezziwig's business, then to watch each other with black suspicion. Marley sees it all and weeps at his lost opportunities.
I was touched by the scene with Ignorance and Want, the most perplexing scene to me...Mula's touches made the scene mean even more to me...but it's Marley's impulsive act of sacrifice, risking the eternal damnation he has been threatened with, that moved me.
And, as Tiny Tim AND the Bogle said, 'God bless us, every one.'
December 14, 2023
I love reading (re-reading) this book at Christmas time. Marley finally gets his story told. I know there is another book written later on this same topic, but this is my favorite. Do you know what a Bogle is? Read the book to find out!
Re-read again. This time I didn't get to it until after Christmas. Still I love this little book. I laugh and cry and laugh again. Hell is self-made! Did you know that!
And yet again I got caught up with the Bogle and the transforming of Scrooge (and also Marley and the Bogle). There is something about this little book that makes me want to read it again and again.
This is the 5th time that I have read this book since I started the challenge back in 2018. And again I am enchanted--looking back to see if there are people that I have pushed out of my life that I shouldn't have.
Finished it again this year and as always enjoyed every minute of it.
Re-read again. This time I didn't get to it until after Christmas. Still I love this little book. I laugh and cry and laugh again. Hell is self-made! Did you know that!
And yet again I got caught up with the Bogle and the transforming of Scrooge (and also Marley and the Bogle). There is something about this little book that makes me want to read it again and again.
This is the 5th time that I have read this book since I started the challenge back in 2018. And again I am enchanted--looking back to see if there are people that I have pushed out of my life that I shouldn't have.
Finished it again this year and as always enjoyed every minute of it.
November 28, 2015
this is such a great twist on one of my favorite christmas tales. i especially loved reading it aloud by strands of christmas lights. it's the christmas carol story told from jacob marley's perspective. and an amazing play as well...i wonder if they're still performing it in cincinnati?
Re-read November 2015: Still a delightful, quick read. Not as amazing as I remembered but still touching and a creative twist on the beloved Dickens classic.
Re-read November 2015: Still a delightful, quick read. Not as amazing as I remembered but still touching and a creative twist on the beloved Dickens classic.
February 6, 2017
This is a fun read if you have read Dickens' book. It follows in the same spirit, but offers motivation and mercy to Marley.
December 20, 2007
Tom Mula thought Jacob Marley got a raw deal. Mula, a veteran of many stage productions of 'A Christmas Carol', has written a fine rendition of that holiday staple from the viewpoint of Jacob Marley. Funny, touching and uplifting, this book has been on my Christmas reading list since its publication in 1995. A must-read for anyone who loves the original Dickens tale.
December 6, 2008
This is such a beautiful retelling of the Scrooge story. So beautiful and delightful. Marley gets a pretty bum deal in the original Christmas Carol. He helps save Scrooge's soul, but then what does he get but eternal damnation. this book gives his side of the afterlife story. I LOVED it.
December 3, 2015
A wonderful take on the classic story of Scrooge. This book is from Marley's point of view, after his death of course, and the task given to him to redeem himself by redeeming Scrooge. I highly recommend this book to any who love the original Dickens classic.
November 3, 2008
A Christmas Carol that gives Jacob Marley a chance for redemption by helping Scrooge. Great story for Christmas time.
December 23, 2008
A truly lovely book. Anything else I could say would just be echoing Sarah's review.
December 21, 2014
One of the best Christmas books ever! Such a wonderful idea that Marley's soul is also forgiven. Great idea of God's forgiveness and tale of redemption.
January 7, 2023
Most English readers and tv watchers are already well familiar with the character of Ebenezer Scrooge as well as the other characters swirling in his story. Mr. Fezziwig, Belle, Bob Cratchit and the merry Cratchit family, Fred, etc., all get their turn on the page to show just what kind of man Mr. Scrooge is. In various ways, they shine a light on his dark, shriveled soul as it slowly expands under the revelation of the harm he’s done to others by his miserly ways and coldness towards the world.
Now we get to see another side of the tale. Here, we delve into the character of one Jacob Quimby Marley, the briefly-appearing twin to Mr. Scrooge. And why not? Mr. Dickens’s first line in his famous novella is all about Marley. We must accept that he’s dead and has been so for seven years by the time Mr. Scrooge’s spiritual journey begins. The curious emphasis on this fact is the focus of this book.
Mr. Mula’s take on Dickens’s famous novella about one man’s redemption during the Christmas season is laden with wry wit, snappy commentary, truly grotesque and original visions about the afterlife and skillfully rendered pencil drawings that are astounding examples of expression and composition. We learn the origin of Ghost Marley’s chains and are given vivid descriptions of other “chains” worn by the various phantoms he sees about him. According to Mr. Mula’s plot, our world is peopled with the living and the dead, the latter either indifferent to the swirl and rush of humanity or keenly observant of it.
Mr. Marley comes alive (so to speak) in this marvelous retelling of A Christmas Carol. We see his tortured past, one that led him to become the “proper, tight, dry, pruny old thing” we meet in story. His soul becomes changed along Scrooge’s inner excursion just as that of his former partner and it’s a glorious thing to read.
I would like it very much if someone took this story and brought it to the screen. Instead of yet another adaptation of Mr. Scrooge’s journey, let’s see this one about Jacob Marley. I’m sure there are enterprising directors out there who would leap at the chance.
Now we get to see another side of the tale. Here, we delve into the character of one Jacob Quimby Marley, the briefly-appearing twin to Mr. Scrooge. And why not? Mr. Dickens’s first line in his famous novella is all about Marley. We must accept that he’s dead and has been so for seven years by the time Mr. Scrooge’s spiritual journey begins. The curious emphasis on this fact is the focus of this book.
Mr. Mula’s take on Dickens’s famous novella about one man’s redemption during the Christmas season is laden with wry wit, snappy commentary, truly grotesque and original visions about the afterlife and skillfully rendered pencil drawings that are astounding examples of expression and composition. We learn the origin of Ghost Marley’s chains and are given vivid descriptions of other “chains” worn by the various phantoms he sees about him. According to Mr. Mula’s plot, our world is peopled with the living and the dead, the latter either indifferent to the swirl and rush of humanity or keenly observant of it.
Mr. Marley comes alive (so to speak) in this marvelous retelling of A Christmas Carol. We see his tortured past, one that led him to become the “proper, tight, dry, pruny old thing” we meet in story. His soul becomes changed along Scrooge’s inner excursion just as that of his former partner and it’s a glorious thing to read.
I would like it very much if someone took this story and brought it to the screen. Instead of yet another adaptation of Mr. Scrooge’s journey, let’s see this one about Jacob Marley. I’m sure there are enterprising directors out there who would leap at the chance.
October 13, 2020
I love Dickens’ book, ‘A Christmas Carol’. I usually don’t reread books....but I have this one. I have 4 different film versions of ACC on DVD. I love the 2017 film, ‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’. (starring Dan Stevens ~ who wouldn't?) I go see The Q Brothers Christmas Carol hip-hop-rap version at The Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier every year. I have a dog named.....Dickens.....so when I saw there was a book about Jacob Marley, well, that’s a must read!
I’m so glad I did. Marley’s appearance really is the “initial incident” after the exposition in ACC that puts Scrooge’s story on its necessary trajectory. However, we never really know much about Marley himself. This book explores his life, his experiences, his meeting of, and subsequent relationship with, Ebenezer. The author uses the frame of “Its a Wonderful Life” (George had Clarence) and ACC to give Marley a guide on his journey to help Scrooge.
This sweet, insightful story of redemption flows seamlessly between the lives of these two business partners who, albeit wealthy and ‘successful’ did not have a caring relationship with any one ~ least of all each other.
This book truly touched my heart.
God bless us, everyone.
I’m so glad I did. Marley’s appearance really is the “initial incident” after the exposition in ACC that puts Scrooge’s story on its necessary trajectory. However, we never really know much about Marley himself. This book explores his life, his experiences, his meeting of, and subsequent relationship with, Ebenezer. The author uses the frame of “Its a Wonderful Life” (George had Clarence) and ACC to give Marley a guide on his journey to help Scrooge.
This sweet, insightful story of redemption flows seamlessly between the lives of these two business partners who, albeit wealthy and ‘successful’ did not have a caring relationship with any one ~ least of all each other.
This book truly touched my heart.
God bless us, everyone.
July 25, 2024
4.5
My father has always been a devout fan of Dickens-especially A Christmas Carol. I have seen every movie made multiple times over the years and each family member has their favorite. My father loves Alastair Sims 1951 or George C Scott 1984. My favorite is Albert Finney- Scrooge 1970. Yesterday we put my dad in hospice and I read this book I had bought for him. It is a short novella and the author does not aspire to be Dickens but he packed an exceptional amount of heart and soul into this book and I would highly recommend it. It will an annual read for me and a reminder of the need for good will to to man
My father has always been a devout fan of Dickens-especially A Christmas Carol. I have seen every movie made multiple times over the years and each family member has their favorite. My father loves Alastair Sims 1951 or George C Scott 1984. My favorite is Albert Finney- Scrooge 1970. Yesterday we put my dad in hospice and I read this book I had bought for him. It is a short novella and the author does not aspire to be Dickens but he packed an exceptional amount of heart and soul into this book and I would highly recommend it. It will an annual read for me and a reminder of the need for good will to to man
December 26, 2021
Marley’s perspective
Ever wonder what happened to Old Jacob Marley after he sent his former partner on the path of self discovery and finally redemption?
Ebenezer Scrooge has been vilified for his disagreeable personality and miserly habits. (Spoiler Alert) Scrooge has a change of heart and vows to keep Christmas in his ♥️all year round…
But what of Marley? This little volume will answer this and more! Highly recommend!
Tami Jo Nix/The Madera Tribune
Ever wonder what happened to Old Jacob Marley after he sent his former partner on the path of self discovery and finally redemption?
Ebenezer Scrooge has been vilified for his disagreeable personality and miserly habits. (Spoiler Alert) Scrooge has a change of heart and vows to keep Christmas in his ♥️all year round…
But what of Marley? This little volume will answer this and more! Highly recommend!
Tami Jo Nix/The Madera Tribune
November 28, 2017
After "A Christmas Carol" this is my favorite book for the holidays. I read it at least a couple of times every year. Several years ago I saw the play performed, and it was wonderful. I highly recommend both the book and the play to anyone who loves reading Dickens. A caution, however: if you read it in public your eyes make stream in a most unmanly fashion.
December 10, 2019
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE
What a beautiful book with a timely message of hope and love. I wish that everyone of our politicians would read this and take this message to heart! It’s an inspirational message for Everyone.
What a beautiful book with a timely message of hope and love. I wish that everyone of our politicians would read this and take this message to heart! It’s an inspirational message for Everyone.
December 18, 2021
Wonderful companion to A Christmas Carol
Mr. Mula captured the tone and the spirit of A Christmas Carol and offered the world a beautiful work of art. I enjoyed it immensely and will assuredly return to it each Christmas as I do it’s inspiration. I loved it.
Mr. Mula captured the tone and the spirit of A Christmas Carol and offered the world a beautiful work of art. I enjoyed it immensely and will assuredly return to it each Christmas as I do it’s inspiration. I loved it.
January 2, 2024
A moving re-telling of A Christmas Carol as either a four-person play or a solo performance. Although there were a few things I would have done differently, I was moved to tears and can only imagine seeing it performed live.
December 18, 2017
A fun spin on a classic.
December 30, 2017
Haunting view of life after death. Marley got a chance to help his old partner Scrooge.
January 19, 2019
Surprisingly thought-provoking. Thanks Tom Mula for a great read.
December 5, 2020
Perfect Christmas read
I was surprised by how short this was but it was very good! It elevates Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Definitely a permanent addition to my holiday reading.
I was surprised by how short this was but it was very good! It elevates Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Definitely a permanent addition to my holiday reading.
December 23, 2020
Awesome! Just AWEsome!
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December 25, 2021
Fun, lighthearted book. I like the way the author brought Marley into the scenes with Scrooge. Marley was given a chance to become a good Angel.
December 13, 2024
Not my favorite of The Christmas Carol inspired books, but I enjoyed it more as it went. Passages were well written and clever at times, although sometimes pretty much taken from Dickens.
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