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Orangutan: A Memoir (2009)

by Colin Broderick(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0307453405 (ISBN13: 9780307453402)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Broadway Books

review 1: I picked this baby up by chance at the library. So glad I did. Awesome perspective of the life of an Irish guy moving to NYC in the mid 80's. Drugs, love, high & lows. I found myself laughing out loud in rooms by myself. My jaw dropping at his open & honest thoughts and situations. Truly enjoyed this book, sometimes its hard for books to get my attention, I couldn't put this down. Just started reading his newest book, "That's That", a prequel of sorts.
review 2: This is a pretty gripping tale of someone drinking himself to oblivion. It doesn't romanticize alcoholism, and his ironic descriptions of his behaviour are humourous. I was amazed at how many women fell in love with him and stayed with him through the drinking, although not surprised that ultimately ea... morech one of them dropped him like the dirty sock he was (except the last one, who he turned his life around for). Alcoholics are not fun to be around and it would be so interesting to hear from the guys he mentions throughout the book, about how he really acted. It went on and on in the end, could have been a little tighter to finish as we get the picture that he really was an ass hole time and time again because of alcohol. But overall, a good read. less

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