Bad Grass Never Dies : More Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

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Summary: Serial Killer or Serial Hoaxter?
Review: One-time game show producer/host Chuck Barris becomes CIA hired assassin "Sunny Sixkiller" who sells his TV Empire for gazillions. Gazillionaire Barris moves to the French Riveria while keeping his moonlighting job as CIA hit man. I admit I believed Barris' tale in the first outing "Dangerous Minds" could be legitimate, but I saw the light this time. What was his #1 downfall? Professionals know their tools and there are two flaws in his firearms facts a real pro would never make. He writes of a "Walther PBK" but probably meant the Walther PPK. Yes that could be a typo. Then he names a "Stechkin revolver" with silencer as his favored weapon for "close work." Only one revolver is silencable and it isn't a Stechkin. Only the Belgian "Nagant" revolver can be effectively silenced, it's been out of production for about 50 years & is hardly concealable. Downfall #2, Barris' CIA control agent is ex-NY Yankee pitcher Colter Bean who would be at least 55 years old now. In reality Colter Bean was called up from the minors to pitch for the Yankees during the 2004 season. Yes it could be Colter Bean, Jr., but that would just be too big a coincidence. Barris has a gift for suspense and adventure writing and this might be his most enjoyable and zippy read yet. However, I'm convinced he invented the entire CIA angle which makes me wonder about the rest. Too bad Barris wasted so much time writing autobiographies. He obviously has a gift for fiction and could have been a top fiction writer instead of issuing serial autobiographical hoaxes

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Summary: Don't Gong this book!
Review: This book and Confessions of A Dangerous Mind are both hybrid books. They run on fiction and non-fiction fuel and frankly you never know what is truth and what is at the very least an active imagination when it comes to Chuck Barris. I really read this book for the parts about Chuck's showbiz and personal life and I was not disappointed at all. I found myself furiously turning the pages to find out more about Chuck's bar-mitzvah ruse to forestall marriage plans to the lovely Becky Ballard. I could feel Chuck's angst as he kept putting Becky off yet knowing deep down he was fooling himself. The entire Hebrew school and bar-mitzvah section and its aftermath was truly riveting. The sections on the CIA serve their purpose in the story. They are brisk and fortunately don't break up the momentum the rest of the book has in store for you. I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking for an entertaining reading experience.