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David Lamb (2)

Author of Do Platanos Go Wit' Collard Greens?

For other authors named David Lamb, see the disambiguation page.

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Works by David Lamb

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Gender
male
Education
Hunter College (Economics)
New York University School of Law
Occupations
writer
Short biography
David Lamb is a native New Yorker, born and raised, bitten with the writing bug since he was in elementary school and had handwriting nobody could decipher. Like Charles Dickens, David grew up a poor boy in the big city who found that the pen really is mightier than the sword. In middle school Lamb's hero was David Lampel whose velvet voice could be heard reporting the news over David's grandmother's radio. Whenever he heard him on the radio, David would substitute Lamb for Lampel and pretend he was delivering the news. Sure that he was destined to be a famous reporter David was happy to go to a high school with a journalism program. Like most kids, by the time he finished high school he had a whole new career in mind. After high school he went to Hunter College and majored in Economics because he wanted to be cool like that college kid who came to speak at his last year of high school. He was an Economics major, he was dressed sharp and above-all the girls thought he was the man! So like any unreasonable high school boy fueled by overactive hormones David figured if he majored in Economics they'd think he was cool. After finishing college David went on to law school at NYU, but all the time writing was still his heart. While working as a lawyer by day, at night he transformed into a writer and eventually wrote and produced the award-winning hit off-Broadway romantic comedy Platanos Y Collard Greens. Being a writer and having the chance make people laugh out loud while challenging them to think about the world around them, and inspire each of us to believe in the power of love and our own ability to overcome life's challenges is a great gift that David truly enjoys and thanks you for allowing him to share with you in It's Good To Be King (Until The Bell Chimes)  [from Amazon.com, retrieved 4/20/2017]
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
New York, New York, USA
Associated Place (for map)
New York, USA

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3 reviews
I feel like I was reading a different book from the other readers. Every review that I have seen thus far was how much everyone enjoyed this book and the twist on a classic story of Scrooʝe. This is where I do agree with the readers. I liked this modern day twist on this classic. However, the biggest reason I wanted to check out this book is due to the promoting of this book being a satirical, comedic read. I have read books in this category and had both reactions...good and bad. Yet, when show more it came to this book I thought it would be like black humor. Which is more of a dry humor but funny and maybe even a little crude. This is the book I was expecting. Sadly, I did not get this outcome. I hardly laughed. There was so more hope that I had for this book that I kept reading it despite my lack of interest; just waiting for the turning point but it never came for me.

I never really understood why Belle still held feelings for Scrooʝe. Scrooʝe was a jerk. Even when the story flashed back to when Belle and Scrooʝe first met, I had no love for Scrooʝe. Belle on the other hand was a dear heart. As I stated this book may not have been for me but you find try it out yourself as I seem to be in the minority group.
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Works
3
Members
25
Popularity
#508,560
Rating
3.2
Reviews
1
ISBNs
76
Languages
2