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vulveeta's review
3.0
"Jacobson believed that his methamphetamine injections could help heroin addicts free themselves from the drug. Unfortunately, that freedom came at the expense of addiction to meth."
screaming at whoever listed the "characters" for this book... goodreads users are CLINICALLY INSANE! i'm so happy for them!
screaming at whoever listed the "characters" for this book... goodreads users are CLINICALLY INSANE! i'm so happy for them!
strong_extraordinary_dreams's review
3.0
OK, it's great fun, backroom, backstage insights, culturally laden Drugs & Fame.
The drug stories are odd, but what is going on in the author's mind is every odd-er:
* he, the author, Richard A Lertzman, tries repeatedly to justify JFK's assassination so that (get this) the vile Lyndon B Johnson "could implement his social program" by which he means Johnson's "Great Society", which he never could or did implement because he was to busy murdering Vietnamese and Americans in Vietnam - until his own son went over, and then he started to try to stop the Vietnam war. Anyway, as we can all see: no great society.
* he, the author, criticizes JFK's attempts to leave Vietnam (we now know that JFK made no real attempt to leave Vietnam) because it would deny the US access to a Vietnamese deep-water port.
* failed completely to develop the character of Jacobson (Dr Feelgood) at all, despite this being Jacobson's biography.
A very flawed book.
The drug stories are odd, but what is going on in the author's mind is every odd-er:
* he, the author, Richard A Lertzman, tries repeatedly to justify JFK's assassination so that (get this) the vile Lyndon B Johnson "could implement his social program" by which he means Johnson's "Great Society", which he never could or did implement because he was to busy murdering Vietnamese and Americans in Vietnam - until his own son went over, and then he started to try to stop the Vietnam war. Anyway, as we can all see: no great society.
* he, the author, criticizes JFK's attempts to leave Vietnam (we now know that JFK made no real attempt to leave Vietnam) because it would deny the US access to a Vietnamese deep-water port.
* failed completely to develop the character of Jacobson (Dr Feelgood) at all, despite this being Jacobson's biography.
A very flawed book.
lizakessler's review
3.0
Very well researched but not the best written. Got the book at the Book Bank in Old Town.
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