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Shooting Pigeons (and other satisfactions)

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Mr. Spiegelman's astute and realistic account of a teacher'sexperience with everyday bureaucracy in LAUSD is funny, witty andinevitably accurate. I loved and enjoyed his honesty and love for life, food and people! END

A critics excerpt on the cover of Shooting Pigeons reads "Jack Spiegelman could write about standing in the line and the DMV waiting to apply for plates and turn it into a masterpiece". Thankfully, Shooting Pigeons does little to test this hypothesis. Why? Shooting pigeons is literally full of great stories. Remember that great party a few years back when that "neighborhood" guy passed the night away telling all those great anecdotes? Well that guy was Jack Spiegelman and those anecdotes make up a large part of Shooting Pigeons. The topics run the gamut from Jack's childhood in Buffalo, through two marriages, three careers and everything in between. All told with a straight ahead, eminently readable, style. I literally couldn't put it down. So, if you are a neighborhood guy yourself, or your tastes run toward the "slice of life" side of things you will love Shooting Pigeons. Either way, be the first in your neighborhood to get a copy and make sure to pass it around. I promise you won't be dissapointed.

I thought that this book was great because it was so funny and I couldn't believe that all his stories were true. They were just so funny! They were very entertaining and I couldn't wait to see what he would write about next. After the first story I knew that it was going to be a great book! I think that everyone should get a chance to read this book. It was wonderful!