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Deep Fool

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I know the author and have heard firsthand the stories of the two women he raped and can attest that, though the principle attack seems to have been worse than he says, his accounts are as close to accurate as anyone could be expected to get in telling about their own evil deeds and the the results of these deeds. I'd rather have him dealing with his pathology in the open like this than letting it stew in his psyche alone. He is giving all of the proceeds to groups that deal with rape and is offering himself in any way that others wish to discuss and try to understand why he did what he did. There's more to the book than the rape - but it's clear he cannot for a moment escape the consequenses of the harm he caused.

BS Eisenberg has written a book about the depravity of one man's life and journey from Brooklyn, NY to Mexico, to California Buddhist monasteries. His is so open and revealing of his own disturbed behaviors and journey, that he invites the reader to both understand his life's journey, and to help him make sense of his own disturbing doings etc. You will NOT be bored by reading this story, which starts out shocking you, and engages you the rest of the way. BS Eisenberg is to be applauded for his utter honesty if not his inexcusable mistreatment of women and the outing of his own daughter.

DEEP FOOL starts with a shocking bang right up front, and continues to unfold as the life journey of a man who keeps his head above water despite amazing loves and experiences. BS Eisenberg has captured his experiences in a way that will move you, provoke you. IT is not possible to read this book and be unmoved in some way by its contents. Provocative, interesting, telling, Deep Fool illustrates how we are all fools, some deep in this saha world.

This "memoir" by Mr. Eisenberg is a disgusting display of self indulgence passing for some form of wisdom. His depraved life and behaviors,from the openning chapter where as a buddhist monk he rapes a woman, to the closing sentences indicating no self awareness at all, is an example of the worst of the '60s gone even worse. How Eisenberg is allowed to walk the planet unescorted is a testament to the depravity of amerika. And outing his own daughter? The man is fit for a desserted island somewhere.

THIS IS THE STORY OF A 63 YEAR OLD NEW YORK MAN'S QUEST FOR ENLIGHTENMENT IN THE MONASTERIES OF THE WEST COAST, THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO AND THE SLUMS AND HOMELESS HIDEOUTS OF THE BAY AREA. IT BEGINS WITH A STARK AND DISTURBING EPISODE THE AUTHOR REFERS TO AS EPIPHANY, AND IN A SENSE IT IS ONE BECAUSE HIS JOURNEY IS A METAPHOR FOR THE TIMES, THE VIOLENCE AND DOWNWARD MOBILITY THAT AFFECTS SO MUCH OF THE BEAT/HIPPIE WORLD WAR 2 GENERATION. THE STORY LEAVES OFF AT THE LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE IN 1989, THERE ARE HISTORICAL TIMELINES AND AN APPENDIX CONTAINING AN EXCERPT FROM ZEN MIND, BEGINNERS MIND BY SHUNRYU SUZUKI. I FOUND IT EXCEPTIONALLY RELEVANT IN LIGHT OF THE EVENTS OF 9/11.