The HaHa, Dave King
The HaHa, Dave King
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The Ha-Ha

Author: Dave King

Narrator: Terry Kinney

Abridged: 5 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2005


Synopsis

Howard Kapostash has not spoken in thirty years. The small repertory of gestures and simple sounds that he uses to communicate lead most people to assume he is disturbed. No one understands that Howard is still the same man he was before his tragic injury. But when he agrees to help an old girlfriend by opening his home to her nine-year-old son, the presence of this nervous, resourceful boy in his life transforms Howard utterly. He is afforded a rare glimpse of life outside his shell? With all its exuberant joys and crushing sorrows.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on December 04, 2013

I kept waiting for this book to veer into mawkishness, and it is to Dave King's enormous credit that he managed to avoid this particular trap. For a first novel, this is pretty impressive, and I will definitely be on the lookout for further work by this author. Not a perfect book by any means, but a......more

Goodreads review by Lori on September 18, 2007

I picked this up as a harcover on sale for 5 bucks, read the flap and thought, ok, this might work... Wow. It is such a great story written in such an easy, down to earth, everyman (but not, as youll soon see) tone.... The main character had severe head trama in the war at a young age, came home, had......more

Goodreads review by Mara on January 03, 2019

Although the title might lead one to think that it's funny, this book was described to me as "depressing." In fact, the title refers to a type of hidden retaining wall, rather than laughter. Either way, though, I wouldn't describe the book as depressing myself, aside from the steep slide downward to......more

Goodreads review by Terris on January 14, 2023

I'm giving this a 3.5 rounded up to 4 stars. It was different than what I was expecting, but I still liked it a lot. It is about Howie, who suffers a brain injury in the Viet Nam war. Thereafter, he cannot speak, read, or write, though there is nothing else wrong with him. He can only communicate thr......more

Goodreads review by Mom2nine on June 27, 2014

This story deals with difficult issues in a very believable manner. I felt as though every character played his/her part well, from the 9 yr. old, to the former jock 20 somethings to the drug addict mom and the main character Vietnam vet, head-injury Howard. King was into Howard's head and I could f......more