"Dear Gangster...": Advice for the Lonelyhearted from the Gangster of Love [Bargain Price] [Paperback]

Gangster of Love (Author), Dave Barry (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 1995

He's the Ann Landers of anomie, the antidote for sniveling sensitivity, a caustic balm for our broken hearts--he's "The Gangster of Love." This collection of his columns features questions from anxious readers--with the Gangster's more or less helpful replies--which are loaded with quirky counsel on sticky problems and endless anecdotes of his misfit friends.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• ISBN-10: 0140245154
• ASIN: B000H2MMYS
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,241,302 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Where has the Gangster gone?, September 29, 2000

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Rodney Meek (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dear Gangster...: Advice for the Lonelyhearted from the Gangster of Love (Paperback)

Hey, buy this book. I can't make it any simpler than that, ya chowderheads.

But to elaborate...the Gangster of Love provides us with the kind of advice we really need in the 20th century wars of romance. But will we listen to his wise counsel? He is a prophet without honor in his own country, a lonely voice crying out in the wilderness. Also, he has a strange fascination with the Harvey Keitel movie, "The Bad Lieutenant". He does sympathize with the wounded, the outcast, and the lonely. Burned once too often, he understands your pain and wants to tell you, "It's too late for me, save yourself." But you won't listen, will you? And so you're gonna take the fall.

His material sorta reminds me of Hunter S. Thompson, but maybe that's just me.

Sadly, other than this one book, I've never found any other evidence of the Gangster, though I've searched and searched. In these troubled times, we could use his insight.

I'll just quote from the end of one of his replies to a reader inquiry to give you a taste of his work:

'And crying's just not good enough anymore, is it? Not if no one hears it. Not if someone doesn't say, "Please stop crying, I'm sorry I made you cry, I never want to see you cry again."

And months and years really do matter now. Somebody's counting. And who's gonna kiss you on New Year's Eve? Because at midnight your time is up, and baby, it's cold outside.

It was supposed to be warm.'

Just go buy this book.

4.0 out of 5 stars Really funny book...At least I think so., September 4, 2009

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L. Parnell "Amazon Lover" (Hillsville, Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dear Gangster...: Advice for the Lonelyhearted from the Gangster of Love (Paperback)

My best friend and I often lament that few people "get" our humor, so we were happily surprised when we read this book and found much it funny. This book isn't the type of book that one would sit down and read cover to cover; it's the type of book you put in the bathroom, or pull out during a 5 minute "Brain Break" from work.

5.0 out of 5 stars pretty much my favorite book., February 9, 2007

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NiQ (dreams only come true in TEXAS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dear Gangster...: Advice for the Lonelyhearted from the Gangster of Love (Paperback)

oh man, i've read all the classics, all the weird modern new-age books, all the firsts, the lasts, and every published harry potter book, and let me tell you, this book right here, as of right now, because of where i am in my life, and because of my excessive comma use and run-on sentences, this book is my favorite. The gangster is so incredibly wise. I wish he had a real column where i could write to him every week, and trouble him with my troubles. If he didn't yell at me for not sending a photo or writing on the back of a menu, then he would probably bestow a full page of wisdom. He might even relate to me one of his own experiences, or give me all the answers i need in a single word, but he might not.

GODBLESS

-Nicholas