Moorlock reviewed The confidence-man by Herman Melville
Onboard the Fidele, a steamboat floating down the Mississippi to New Orleans, a confidence man …
Review of 'The confidence-man' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
I stuck with it to the end, and was a little impressed at some of the clever tomfoolery Melville was up to, but mostly it just seemed like a shaggy dog story of one thing after another.