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The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue: A Child of the Fifties Looks Back by Robert Klein
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The Amorous Busboy of Decatur Avenue: A Child of the Fifties Looks Back

by Robert Klein

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This is an odd memoir...not what I expected at all. Klein, who is a comic genius and will always stand in the forefront of great stand-up comics of the 70's and 80', has penned an uneven band of memories centered primarily on his sexual escapades from pre-pubescence to his mid-twenties. Apart from a half a dozen classic Klein jokes peppered throughout the book this is not a humorous look back; but then it's not meant to be. Klein looks at his past through a bittersweet and wistful eye beaking out with his personal triumphs and heartbreaks in his relationships and his career. There are certain sections that are well crafted, especially the visit to the first prostitute and being mugged. There are also parts that slog along and are overdone. ( )
  jwcooper3 | Nov 15, 2009 |
Disappointing memoir that ends just as he becomes famous. ( )
  cameronl | Sep 8, 2008 |
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