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Never Trust A Man In Curlers

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Each story took me from one emotion to another. One minute I found myself bursting out loud with laugher and a few pages later I was on the edge of my seat gripped with anticipation. This book is from the heart and I loved it. What a refreshing experience !

Here's a book that will inspire your kids to set down their own ideas and feelings. Mr. Lazzarini still expresses their kind of innocence and idealism, even though he's a real grownup. In this collection he covers a broad range of emotions, from the deep horror of being in the very, whirling, center of combat in Vietnam, to the anguish of separation from one you love, to wistful longing for things lost, to an insanely comic flight of fantasy involving a set of magnets and a tie. His direct, unpretentious writing left me with pictures so vivid that I can see each scene in all its detail just by recalling the subject. It reminds me of Dashiell Hammett's ability to photograph the action in words. This book is too short. Send us more, Tony.

The authors experiences, observations, and hearty zest for life, are reflected in this collection of humorous, thought prevoking short stories. Profound whimsy at its best. A treasure to be read again and again.

I liked the each of the short stories and they were slices of life and they reminded me of my own past. The light humor mixed with the author's personal affection for each story and its charactors was exactly the kind of entertainment and relief from my highly stressful job and constant deluge of responsibilities. For a moment, while I read those stories, I harkened back to a simpler time of life. We all need to remember those times. I highly recommend this book!

This is actually a very funny book. How can anyone think that a title like this could be anything but? The story about the tie clips had me laughing so hard my neighbor came by to see if I was O.K. Lazzarini mixes various stories and writing styles in a short take-anywhere book. The short chapters are great reading to help pass some time while you wait for whatever. If you do not have a sense of humor, you may want to read something else. If you do, make sure you pick up a copy.

I don't think I'm going to make it. I'm on the 'Humor' chapter, which begins, 'Humor is a funny thing...'
Are you kidding me? Most of this stuff doesn't deserve to be called an essay, let alone be published and distributed. From the back of the book: ...takes your emotions on a roller coaster ride of short stories and anecdotes...people really are alike...laugh out loud?...a gift to everyone who is tired of the anxious, misbegotten choruses that flood bookstores.
Who are these people? This guy writes like Andy Rooney without the charm or sophistication. Does Mr. Lazzarini believe he deserves kudos for fathering a child and then seeing her once a year? It's as if he never read anything himself and then decided one day that his unique view on the world needed to be unleashed. If you're going to call a chapter, "GOD", then at least put some meat into it. These are musings that someone may have before they've shaken off a good deep sleep, slammed a cup of coffee and taken a poop (sorry, I'm censoring myself already). After the poop, you should be able to think clearly. Can anyone imagine what the meetings regarding this garbage were like?
"Love the chapter on God Tony, good deep stuff, and so succinct."
"Great, glad you like it. Wait until I send over the 'chapter' on Government. We're gonna change the world!"

If anything, this book has given me hope that one day I can read my own drivel in print. I could probably write an entire disertation on why this book is garbage that would be longer than the book itself, but I have writing exercises to do, and I think we've all suffered enough.

This book is not as witty, funny or meaningful as I thought and hoped it would be. There are a few good one-liners, but over all the book is not good. I was hoping for something along the lines of a Robert Fulghum collection, but these essays fall hopelessly short. Knowing people have purchased (and enjoyed) this book, almost makes me want to publish a collection myself.