![]() ![]() ![]() A little gonzo, a little gumshoe, some gawker, some good-Samaritan-it is hard to ignore reporting like Mr. LeDuff's amalgam of memoir and reportage and not be shaken by the cold eye he casts on hard truths. Paul Clemens, New York Times Book Review Do the best you can and try to be good.' LeDuff has done his best, and his book is better than good." But what you gonna do? You ain't gonna be reincarnated, so you got to do the best you can with the moment you got. ![]() 'they trying to put something nice up' in this hellhole he says, speaking of the bar specifically, though his words spread across the city and pay tribute, in equal measure, to its dreamers, its pessimists and to those, resigned and wrung out, who love it despite all. A black man outside explains the changes. "LeDuff returns, by the books end, to the bar where his sister was last seen, only to find it unrecognizable. ![]()
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