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Reviewed by Romuald Dzemo for Readers' Favorite
The Galloping Snapper Confesses Everything: Tales of a Traveling Airbrush, Book 3, is Dave Letterfly Knoderer’s breathtaking memoir of life on the American circus and carnival circuits. When we meet Knoderer, he is grieving; he sells his six-pony liberty act and hits the road in a VW bus. The highway becomes an escape and a livelihood for him, a nomadic airbrush artist and sign painter, who decorates everything from fun-house facades for midway showmen to antique calliope trucks. The road before him is like a ribbon of endless possibility. While painting, Knoderer continues to chase his true passion: training dancing horses, especially the clever Saddlebred, Class n Sass, but his life on the road takes a toll on him, which leads to alcoholism. He hits rock bottom after the devastating loss of his mare to laminitis. Is there a way forward?
Dave Letterfly Knoderer’s voice is quirky and honest, and the writing is infused with a diesel-and-sawdust vernacular that mirrors carnival life and the world the author navigates. He speaks about his emotional wounds with courage and a tinge of humor. What I enjoyed most about this memoir is the road, depicted as an allegory. I read more into it than a mere setting; it is the image of the author’s quest for identity as he deals with restlessness and an insatiable hunger for redemption. The Galloping Snapper Confesses Everything pulses with adventure, such as the fifty-foot swing-stage paint job, compressed-air explosions on the Tip Top, and a showdown at the Speedball game. This story is infused with humanity, examining the author’s path to redemption, his relationship with his son, the bond between animal and artist, and a story of home. It delivers a showman’s travelogue with intriguing detail and strong emotional currents.
