Genealogy Books - Unstrung Heroes

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Summary: The finest modern memoir I have ever read
Comment: Mr. Lidz deserves to be a national treasure on the basis of this book alone. It traces his youth in
New York and Philadelphia, from the death of his mother when he was only 13 through his adolescence
and the bitter war with his stepmother. The rest of the book is a paean to his maddeningly eccentric
father and his seriously mad uncles. This is an iconic and magical piece of literature, a story of
courage and love, of the bonds of family in spite of tension and disagreement.

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Summary: captures completely and viscerally how a mad family feels
Comment: can't write about writing so will simply say that i find it excellent, very strong and moving - all
the visual writing in particular - it seems to me of the highest order.

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Summary: Very Funny and Inexpressibly Sad
Comment: Mr. Lidz's wit stings like a mosquito. He has a swift, clear, gently ironic style, and tells his
story not as an act of judgement but as a searching inquiry into madness.

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Summary: Engaging and beautifully written
Comment: A small, meaty, funny memoir that is powerful and deeply moving. Like another Franz (Kafka) in his
story The Judgement, Lidz sees his father as the source of "my own severe decree against myself." In
its vivid evocation of growing up among the looniest of loons, Unstrung Heroes represents Lidz's
reintegration with his past.

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Summary: As Good As His New Book
Comment: I just finished Unstrung Heroes after reading Lidz's terrific new book Ghosty men. In my opinion,
this one is every bit as good. I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard. I hope it gets
reissued.

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