"Much of what he describes is long gone, not just the hippie teenagers cluttering local diners, coffee shops, and pizza parlors, but the businesses themselves. While there is much nostalgia in Friedman’s portrait, there is also something of regret and sadness."
Actor, author, comedian, critic, director, humorist, journalist, m.c., performance artist, playwright, producer, publicist, public speaker, songwriter, variety booker (and Great Neck resident!) Trav S.D. offers a local perspective on Josh Alan Friedman's All Roads Lead to Great Neck.
Trav S.D. in Great Neck
"Great Neck is a 'burb, inhabited by people whose parents and grandparents lived in Manhattan’s immigrant-clogged precincts, some of the very neighborhoods where the book’s teenage characters like to visit to attend rock concerts and cop dope. Philip Roth meets the Beats meets Hunter S. Thompson, with references to Irving Berlin’s 'Yiddle on the Fiddle,' the Electric Flag, and Floyd Patterson? It’s not a bed of roses."
Read his review in its entirety on Trav's site, HERE.
