@ McManus

[spacemonkey57]

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Can't speak about his poetry, only "Positively Fifth Street," which was a wonderful book...and that's coming from a professional writer, if that means anything...it's what first got me interested in poker...

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I think only a professional writer would think that book was was wonderful - wordy comes to mind for me - self-indulgent is another one. The parts about the WSOP were ok, it actually should have just been 2 different magazine articles, one about the WSOP, one about the trial - why do I want to know his life story?

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I just guessed that he didn't have enough material to fill an entire book. I enjoyed it, but I liked it a hell of a lot better the second time when I skipped everything to do with the trial, Sylvia Plath, and McManus family history.