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Title: Wow.
Review: Do that many people really like this book? I will admit, I read it quite quickly (kept my attention) & thoroughly because I kept thinking: is this guy for real? While I am relieved Alpert got out of such a harrowing ordeal alive, his book frustrated me. He seemed to learn nothing from what happened ("I love the east village, okay I'll spring for a parking spot"). Also his on & on about how rough & scrappy his growing up was for a white boy in Brooklyn: whose upbringing wasn't difficult? I also found it to be borderline racist at times. Ugh. I am going to stop there. Ok, one more thing, the tone & the writing -- errr, a bit strange puffed up, faux tough guy. I am sorry to write such a bad review, but the book really rubbed me the wrong way on many levels & I simply cannot understand how so many people have written so many glowing reviews here.
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