Don’t Call Me A Crook is a lost memoir originally published in 1935 by Hurst & Blackett, Ltd. Its original publication name was Don’t Call Me a Crook: My True Autobiography, and was reprinted by Dissident Books this year with the addition of the subtitle “A Scotsman’s Tale of World Travel, Whisky, and Crime“.
Bob is a crook, a liar, a thief and a murderer. He has traveled the world and can’t go back to some of the places he enjoyed the most, because of his crimes. He’s a racist, an alcoholic and an opportunist. He’s a crappy husband, an absent father, and yet, you get the sense that he does care about some people in general. Bob is the type of person you expect to see at the neighborhood dive, drinking way more whiskey than he probably should and weaving a tale of excitement that makes the young people in the bar envy his life of adventure, and not thinking until the next day (after the hangover has been nursed) what a freak that guy at the bar last night was. [read more…]
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