Reviews for In Search of My Angel

The average rating for In Search of My Angel based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-01-09 00:00:00 Joshua Ohman A must have for any respectable reference shelf of a home library. You MUST know who "Goldenballs" really is. And, if you absolutely don't know who "Elvis the Pelvis" is, then this is your chance to find out! And, given the upcoming Presidential Election in the USA, let's stop and give a salute to one of the great nicknames ever: Slick Willy. (And if the British world came up with this one, it only adds to its salute-worthiness, and, natch, whatever one may want to salute with is certainly debatable.)

Review # 2 was written on 2009-01-18 00:00:00 andrew potthoff What can i say about this book? I bought it on recommendation from Ryan Holiday. I started reading it in the airplane and was so thoroughly bored with it. I picked it up later and again, after 20 pages I just had enough. It's an array of 1 page short stories that basically go like this: "I once done found myself on a boat on the Mississipi, I saw a wealthy lookin' sucker and I done caught his money. I am a little bit richer now." Yawn. It was the repetitiveness of the stories that made it impossible for me to read more than one in a go. So it became my bathroom book. And I tell you that highly kicked up the enjoyment! In the 5 minutes I spend on the john I could just squeeze in a story of ole Devol doin' some gamblin'. And as the stories progressed, more and more of the life and culture became visible. Stories about plantation owners gamblin' for slaves in the barbershop, or shipmates gambling there jewellery and their wives coming to get it back give a nice visual of life on the riverboats. If you want a page turner, good luck, I couldn't do it. But it is probably one of the best bathroom books I have ever read.