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It is a pity there are getting to be so many places that I can never go back to, but all the same, I do not think it is much fun a man being respectable all his life.
Thus begins Don't Call Me a Crook!, a memoir of a 1920s youth thoroughly, noisily and lawlessly lived. Bob Moore, a Glaswegian, was a marine engine, occasional building superintendent and ramblin' man. "I have been round the world seven times, and I have been shipwrecked three times, and I have spent £100,000," Moore boasts. In Don't Call Me a Crook he recounts pitched battles with Chinese bandits, life in gangster-infested Chicago, and decadent orgies aboard a millionaire's yacht.
Don't Call Me a Crook! A Scotsman's Tale of World Travel, Whisky and Crime is a hardboiled-noir memoir. It's picaresque, perverse, and darkly funny. A tribute to one man's triumph over the law, morals and sobriety, it's a lost confession that will be crowned a classic.
My thoughts
I enjoy reading stories about the not so distant past and a memoir gives me the feeling of being there. DON’T CALL ME A CROOK by Bob Moore is one of those unbelievable enjoyable tales. Originally released in 1935 (but according to the book’s forward, it went unnoticed), it tells the tale of a thief and criminal. He tries to explain all that he did, why he did it and the outcomes he endured. He travels around the world creating havoc wherever he went. The story reads like an offbeat comedy of the times
Although written over 70 years ago, the editor inserts footnotes that explain the terms used during that period and also did some research trying to learn more about the author (which I found enjoyable). This reissue is a pleasant read and will probably get more notice this time around.
It is a pity there are getting to be so many places that I can never go back to, but all the same, I do not think it is much fun a man being respectable all his life.
Thus begins Don't Call Me a Crook!, a memoir of a 1920s youth thoroughly, noisily and lawlessly lived. Bob Moore, a Glaswegian, was a marine engine, occasional building superintendent and ramblin' man. "I have been round the world seven times, and I have been shipwrecked three times, and I have spent £100,000," Moore boasts. In Don't Call Me a Crook he recounts pitched battles with Chinese bandits, life in gangster-infested Chicago, and decadent orgies aboard a millionaire's yacht.
Don't Call Me a Crook! A Scotsman's Tale of World Travel, Whisky and Crime is a hardboiled-noir memoir. It's picaresque, perverse, and darkly funny. A tribute to one man's triumph over the law, morals and sobriety, it's a lost confession that will be crowned a classic.
My thoughts
I enjoy reading stories about the not so distant past and a memoir gives me the feeling of being there. DON’T CALL ME A CROOK by Bob Moore is one of those unbelievable enjoyable tales. Originally released in 1935 (but according to the book’s forward, it went unnoticed), it tells the tale of a thief and criminal. He tries to explain all that he did, why he did it and the outcomes he endured. He travels around the world creating havoc wherever he went. The story reads like an offbeat comedy of the times
Although written over 70 years ago, the editor inserts footnotes that explain the terms used during that period and also did some research trying to learn more about the author (which I found enjoyable). This reissue is a pleasant read and will probably get more notice this time around.
1 comments:
I agree, it probably will get more recognition this time around. That being said, I still found the guy deplorable! I hated him by the time I finished the book!
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