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“Few people can truly tell the tale of Los Angeles and even fewer stories are worth listening to. John Albert’s breakthrough memoir, Wrecking Crew, is one to be heard, told poetically through its soulful recounting of life’s blessings. Albert deconstructs the romantic lore of L.A.”
-Flaunt Magazine
“An exceptional debut… For the first time in a long while, here's a book about baseball that actually feels like it's also about life -- or rather, life as it's been lived by so many of us born after, say, 1960… a quiet, hard-won and moving celebration.”
-Salon.com
“Attention! All junkies! Failures! Dysfunctional L.A. Punk rockers! There is hope! Love! Baseball! And it is hilarious. I loved Wrecking Crew. It is my story too. John Albert put it all together, he is a great original voice from L.A.'s wasteland.”
—Flea, of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
GO GRIFFITH PARK DODGERS!!! (Ok, they're a bit different) Hope you're well... And I hope that Sheba is buried deep within the pyramids of Harvey Mudd...
Always the challenge in memoirs in telling what others misconstrue as "truth" or "untruth" in a memoirs is better left untouched- there are legal realities including courts and the man, and then there are those baffling "realities" that we call personal interpretation, memory and it's lapses, stream of conciousness, and interesting narrative- all of which carry a story along- regardless of others' interpretations of truth. I don't believe there is such a thing as truth in any level of non-fiction memoir, history, or sociology tomes. If it's qualatative in any way, it defies quantative science, and thus is, um, ALL fiction.
Thanks for the link.I love your writing and I'm always happy to read it.
hey stranger:) i got another book deal- this time its a fun one! the history of skinheads in the usa...i am thinking of trying to move over to the fiction side of life soon- hmm maybe i can make a living off this writing stuff? take care ~T
