Stanley N. Alpert
Autor/a de The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival
Obres de Stanley N. Alpert
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 1
- Membres
- 178
- Popularitat
- #120,889
- Valoració
- 3.7
- Ressenyes
- 12
- ISBN
- 11
- Llengües
- 1
In this book, Alpert describes his ordeal, with a particular focus on his attempts to remain calm and rational and make the best choices for getting out of the situation alive. To that end, he made an effort to be polite and accommodating towards his captors -- at one point, he had them asking him for legal advice! -- and to gather as many clues as possible to the criminals' identities and the location of the house they were holding him in. There turned out to be quite a lot of those; these were not exactly the most skilled and savvy kidnappers in the history of crime. He also talks about the police investigation afterward and how the experience affected him, and intersperses the story of the kidnapping with various digressions about his experiences growing up in Brooklyn, the details of his career in environmental law, and his opinions on crime and race relations in New York.
Alpert sometimes comes across as a bit of a lech when he's talking about women, which is a bit annoying, but I do have to admire his ability to properly handle a situation that would have undoubtedly turned me into a gibbering wreck. His writing sometimes feels like he's trying a little too hard to mimic the style of a thriller or gangster novel, but it's still an interesting read about an interesting experience, with a few moments that are unexpectedly, darkly funny.… (més)