7 review for
Three Nights at the Condor: A Coal Miner’s Son, Carol Doda, and the Topless Revolution
4 out of 5
Jan Rowley–
The book is purportedly about three specific nights at the Condor club back in the day. To get there the reader must first stumble through scraps of information on the coming to America for the Mattioli family. That part of the book would make a book of it's own if someone who knows how to put a story together would tackle the job. We finally get to San Francisco, but rarely do we know what year we're in as we move from paragraph to paragraph. To say the logistics are poorly organized is an unde The book is purportedly about three specific nights at the Condor club back in the day. To get there the reader must first stumble through scraps of information on the coming to America for the Mattioli family. That part of the book would make a book of it's own if someone who knows how to put a story together would tackle the job. We finally get to San Francisco, but rarely do we know what year we're in as we move from paragraph to paragraph. To say the logistics are poorly organized is an understatement. I lived in the City throughout this period, and the narrative was a maze even to me. This part of the book could also be made into a story were it to be tackled by someone with the skills. The characters involved in this second part, the Condor part, fit a certain segment of the population during the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Rowdy, addicted, irresponsible, etc. I found it difficult to read the entire book, and did so only for the sake of a book club discussion. Whenever I finished a days reading, I felt I had been dragged through the muck and mire and needed a bath.
Jan Rowley –
The book is purportedly about three specific nights at the Condor club back in the day. To get there the reader must first stumble through scraps of information on the coming to America for the Mattioli family. That part of the book would make a book of it's own if someone who knows how to put a story together would tackle the job. We finally get to San Francisco, but rarely do we know what year we're in as we move from paragraph to paragraph. To say the logistics are poorly organized is an unde The book is purportedly about three specific nights at the Condor club back in the day. To get there the reader must first stumble through scraps of information on the coming to America for the Mattioli family. That part of the book would make a book of it's own if someone who knows how to put a story together would tackle the job. We finally get to San Francisco, but rarely do we know what year we're in as we move from paragraph to paragraph. To say the logistics are poorly organized is an understatement. I lived in the City throughout this period, and the narrative was a maze even to me. This part of the book could also be made into a story were it to be tackled by someone with the skills. The characters involved in this second part, the Condor part, fit a certain segment of the population during the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Rowdy, addicted, irresponsible, etc. I found it difficult to read the entire book, and did so only for the sake of a book club discussion. Whenever I finished a days reading, I felt I had been dragged through the muck and mire and needed a bath.
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