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lady_curmudgeon) wrote2010-02-16 03:09 pm
lady_curmudgeon) wrote2010-02-16 03:09 pm
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book # 4...
The I Chong: Meditations from the Joint, Tommy Chong. 3 out of 5 stars.
Excerpt from the blurb on goodreads.com...
"Beginning with Tommy's experiences growing up in Canada in the forties and fifties as a mixed-race kid and going on to become a comedy legend, The I Chong is at once a memoir, a spiritual exploration of his time in prison, and a political indictment of the eroding civil liberties in post-9/11 American society. He tells the unbelievable story of his trip down the rabbit hole of America's war on drugs and of his experiences in the federal prison system, and he offers up timely observations on combating the conservative political forces at work in this country. Introspective, inspiring, and incendiary, The I Chong is a unique chronicle of one man's life and how his humorous and spiritual point of view saved him during his wrongful incarceration at the hands of an administration without boundaries."
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My thoughts: Very interesting tale, but it wandered all over the place--likely a product of all the years he thrashed his brain with drugs, LOL. Despite that, it was an entertaining, quick read.
Excerpt from the blurb on goodreads.com...
"Beginning with Tommy's experiences growing up in Canada in the forties and fifties as a mixed-race kid and going on to become a comedy legend, The I Chong is at once a memoir, a spiritual exploration of his time in prison, and a political indictment of the eroding civil liberties in post-9/11 American society. He tells the unbelievable story of his trip down the rabbit hole of America's war on drugs and of his experiences in the federal prison system, and he offers up timely observations on combating the conservative political forces at work in this country. Introspective, inspiring, and incendiary, The I Chong is a unique chronicle of one man's life and how his humorous and spiritual point of view saved him during his wrongful incarceration at the hands of an administration without boundaries."
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My thoughts: Very interesting tale, but it wandered all over the place--likely a product of all the years he thrashed his brain with drugs, LOL. Despite that, it was an entertaining, quick read.