I have to say that I was totally charmed by this memoir. It is written in second person, which I think is a first for me. To paraphrase Double Day, it is part Southern Gothic mixed with Running With Scissors and I was compelled to read it straight through. I can't say it is completely different t...
I don't know about you, but a memoir about a writer whose early resume includes stints as a a disc jockey, fishing trawler deckhand, house painter, naval correspondent, aerial photographer, private investigator, foreign journalist, bartender and unsuccessful seminarian pretty much can't be bad. And...