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    <body><![CDATA[Terrific. Romantic. Horatio Alger to the 10th power. High power.  —Eddie Bunker was Mr. Blue in Reservoir Dogs.  He did 18 years over three separate stints, mainly in San Quentin.  He grew up, really from the time he was nine years old, institutionalized.  That he became a writer in prison with hi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60323261">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So far, so good. I love these obscure biographies. I'd rather read about this guy than, say, Bill friggin' Clinton...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't see why this gets bad reviews.  I think it's one of the best crime memoirs I've ever read, especially in that it neither over-glorifies his criminal lifestyle nor puts on a bunch of phony repentance.  Bunker is a fluid writer with a good style, and he tells a story worth hearing, unadorned a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3870326">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is by Mr. Blue from Reservior Dogs. He was supposedly the youngest person ever incarcerated in San Quentin years ago. Before writing,he was a career criminal and this book is full of stories. The bragadoccio is a little thick after awhile. I'm positve this is from years of repeating these stori...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11412683">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A real page turner. The autobiography of the author of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/610940.The_Animal_Factory" title="The Animal Factory by Edward Bunker">The Animal Factory</a> and No Beast So Fierce (you may also know Bunker from his role as Mr. Blue in 'Reservoir Dogs'.) This man led the most brutal and crazy life imaginable -- you begin to lose track of how many times he's beaten to a pulp, or how...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44434056">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I felt great investment in the character.  The memoir starts strong but gets a little verbose and less interesting towards the end.  Perhaps this is how life goes - hope not.  I'd still recommend for the humility and personability of the hopeless protagonist.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The story of a man who is begins his life of crime at an early age with little resources and no family that can be counted on to help shape him into a  productive citizen.  His chance encounter with a benefactress goes awry and leads him back into crime.]]></body>
    
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