Sebastian Majcherczyk Majcherczyk itibaren Port Jefferson, OH, Birleşik Devletler
I give it 3 stars because Hoban conducted SO MANY interviews and I have to give her credit for that. However, I think that at best the author makes assumptions about race that she should not, and at worst is just racist, and a cheesy writer, too. It's a must-read in the Basquiat oeuvre, but frustrated the hell out of me. The end of his life (and the book) just turns your stomach, how desperate and depraved he becomes, so sad, and Hoban does a good job of portraying that.
My First Wodehouse after hearing about it from an experienced Toastmaster. Liked it a lot.
Maybe 3.5. It was fun to read this at the same time as I was reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, so I could appreciate the parallels between Nate Quinn and Monsieur Arronax in their friendly imprisonments, kept interesting for them by their scientific curiosity, beneath the sea. If only the Nautilus was piloted by whaley boys...