From: grammatim@worldnet.att.net   
      
   zonkersun@yahoo.com wrote:   
   >   
   > It's too bad you read this book first. It was written for Brian, not by   
   > Brian. The whole time I was reading it I was thinking, 'This is not the   
   > language Brian would use to describe these events.' And it's more than   
   > just an issue of using a bad "co-author" or whatever they call this guy   
   > they used. Many people agree that there are lots of factual errors in   
   > the book. But basically I would say that Landy ghost-wrote the book and   
   > had the ghost writer fill in the gaps.   
   >   
   > If you go to amazon.com and do a search for BW books, you will find   
   > descriptions of much better books. Check out the lists by people who   
   > have read them. I like The Nearest Faraway Place, by Timothy White.   
   >   
   > I think Brian and Carl had at least partially reconciled, and that   
   > Brian was able to handle Carl's death better than Dennis' death.   
      
   A couple months ago I came across a copy signed by BW with an asking   
   price of $75, at a usedbook store in New York. If anyone's interested,   
   I'll tell you where. (I'd be surprised if it isn't still there.)   
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   Peter T. Daniels                       grammatim@att.net   
      
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