Title: This book is about some cranky old bore, not Jean Shepherd.
Product review: I bought this book hoping the author would get to the heart of Jean's unique philosophy and discuss Jean's opinions and wry humor. Instead I got some sketchy details of superficial themes often slanted towards a portrayal of Jean's alleged bitter side without any details on how or why it came to be. Considering Jean made a career on broadcasting offbeat ideas, I was very disappointed with the authors choice of banal topics, e.g. Jean disliked commercials, Jean didn't get along with some of his coworkers.... yawn.I'm not sure what this book was supposed to be, but it was not a biography, not philosophy, not anthology. Whatever it was, it wasn't an enjoyable read, and not one that gave me any deeper insight to Jean Shepherd. I was going to give three stars, simply due to the choice of subject matter, but on further thought, I have to agree with the 1 and 2 star reviews given here.
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