Review: A look at the beginnings of a man of style and class
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 21, 2011
The author writes about his dad, who was a typical man of the fifties. It reminded me a good deal of my own father. "Every one of Dad's colleagues would eventually commit suicide, most by gunshot to the head, and every woman in their circle except for my mother would become a dysfunctional alcoholic. But in the fifties, they were all riding high," he writes. His father was an agent for the FBI.His dad became J. Edgar Hoover's ghostwriter and "was responsible for Hoover's speeches, correspondence, articles, and books." I found this to be a well-written, fast-paced single.It's easy to see where the author got his sense of style. This is a personal look into his life. As a child of the fifties, he offers a unique perspective on a very special time in America and at a most unusual and, yet, quite typical family of the fifties.This is a brief bio of a very interesting man and well worth the read.Recommended.-- Susanna K. Hutcheson