Steinbeck's Cup Of Gold

[Zath Chauvert]

A few days ago, I acquired a copy of John Steinbeck's Cup Of Gold, which claims to be about Henry Morgan sacking Panama. (I also got a Virginia Woolf play illustrated by Edward Gorey, but that's going off topic.) Anyway, I was wondering if Cup Of Gold was good enough to warrant bumping to the head of my reading-list. Or is it merely okay and should wait its turn like all the other books all over my floor?

[Patrick Hand]

"Cup of Gold" was a fun read...... but if you have something better......

[JoshuaRed]

I don't know that I'd prioritize at the top, but it is a great book. Haunting and poetic, it's almost more like a long ballad. The funny thing is that the first part of the book that covers Morgan's youth in Wales (I think?) is RICH with descriptive detail and is apparent that Steinbeck knew a lot about this region/era. Yet once Morgan escapes Barbados things get real vague in a hurry. It's pretty easy to see that Steinbeck did little to no research on the details of 17th century seafaring, buccaneering, etc. It almost reads like two different authors.

But don't let this detract you, it's still a great read, and the missing of a few details is no biggie, nor is it the point of this book.

[Zath Chauvert]

I guess I won't bump it to the very top of the list, but I will move it to the list of things I plan to read within the next 6 months instead of just leaving it in the enormous pile of stuff that I hope to get to some time within the next decade.