Helpful Score: 5
I enjoy reading Pete Hamill's novels. This memoir is a good insight into his background and explains where he got some of his ideas. If you enjoy Pete Hamill, you'll enjoy this read.
Helpful Score: 3
Interesting memoir of growing up Irish in NYC during the Depression & WWII, drinking through early adulthood. While Hamill dwells on his early life, much of the action goes by quickly, with some name dropping (Mick Jagger & Keith Richards come to a party at his house, he spends several years with Shirley MacLaine) and superficial treatment of his sobriety and the years since then.
Helpful Score: 3
If you are a Hamill fan, which I am, it is fun and interesting. Reads quickly and is a good look at the drinking life in a big city.
Helpful Score: 2
Well written, gotta admire a man who can quit drinking cold turkey. I'd like to hear from those around him when he did it - unlikely it went as well as he remembers it!
Helpful Score: 2
A well written account of the drinking life during the Depression and WW II.
