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Summary: lame
Review: this guy is the lamest guy ever. you know everything he says in here is garbage. gets boring real fast, using the same language over and over like he remembers exact conversations. he even ends each passage with some new slang he learned. after about the 50th time i saw him end a passage with "...and it aint nothin nice" i almost threw myself off my balcony. quickly trashed the book. i find it almost impossible to believe that a loser like this didnt get at least beat up in prison. he probably spent his time in p.c. after his first day behind home plate. spelling "fixin" like "fittin." such an annoying jerk. get off of yourself, you helmet.
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Summary: fascinating and funny
Review: What surprises me most about this book is how laugh out loud funny it is. It's one of the most humorous books I've ever read. This in contrast with descriptions of what is best described as a living hell. Jimmy Lerner provides a realistic and captivating account of prison life. I only wish he'd write a part two.
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Summary: This Story Seizes Your Heart And Keeps You Turning Pages!!!
Review: Whew! From the very first sentence to the last page this incredible story hijacks your mind and heart! Jimmy Lerner's frightening, unbelievable incarceration in a circle of American Hell - a U.S. prison - is a powerful and profound tale of survival and ultimately, redemption.From his initiation by his Nazi cellmate, "Kansas" in how things in prison work, to his absurd job as a "green jello scooper" in the prison chow hall, this story is a non-stop emotional rollercoaster. At various times I bit my nails, or laughed or felt like weeping. I found myself pulled so deeply into this bizarre and savage world that 2 days after finishing the book I still feel hungover from its effects. Jimmy Lerner brings a unique middle-class, soccer Dad, corporate executive perspective to telling this prison tale. We have never heard anything like this for the simple reason we have never had this talented a writer go through this hell and be able to report back to us with wisdom and insight and a remarkable sense of humor. I read there will be a movie starring Ben Stiller and I think he will be just perfect for the tragic-comedy touch the role will require. As the author would say: "Come on wid it, dawg!"
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