Wonderland Avenue: Tales of Glamour and Excess (Abacus Books) by Danny Sugerman Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Wonderland Avenue: Tales of Glamour and Excess (Abacus Books)
Book Review: Glamour & Excess: The road to hell
Summary: 5 Stars
Danny Sugerman's book is simply fantastic . He portrays so well the "glamour" of sex drugs and rock 'n' roll that you almost wish you were him.That is up until it all starts going wrong and your friends start dying and you are told you've only a week to live if you carry on your 'glamorous" lifestyle.
A book that you will smile about when you think about it and one that will never stop shocking you however many time you read it.
Shine on you crazy diamond
Book Review: An insanely hilarious rollercoaster ride
Summary: 5 Stars
On the very first page of this book Danny Sugerman is told by his doctor that he's dying. The reader is hooked from page one because Mr Sugerman clearly survived long enough to write his autobiography. I have never come across a funnier, crazier autobiography than this. Danny's dysfunctional home life morphs into a drug and alcohol fuelled rock 'n' roll party after he is befriended by the still unknown Doors. They like him, and almost on a whim, make him their manager. The rest you have to read for yourselves because it is simply inconceivable that there are people out there who have driven their car into a stranger's swimming pool after a night out with Iggy Pop. Completely and utterly bonkers, and I loved every page.Book Review: wonder tale of excess avenue and glamour land
Summary: 5 Stars
I was given this book in 95... with a simple comment and condition 'that this would be the best book i would ever read and if i found that to be true... to buy a copy for someone else in return' I have since then given this book as a gift to many others all who have gone on to do the same thing.
This is a life story to be shared.
Danny has a way with words unsurpassed and to have this glimpse into his life is a privilege. It will have you feeling every emotion from the very first sentence to the last.
If you like autobiographies you have not read until you have read Wonderland Avenue.
Book Review: Wonderful, Glamorous, Excessive.
Summary: 5 Stars
I first read this book 20 years ago in 1989 and found it utterly fascinating. Now nearly 20 years later I've re-read it and found it equally as compelling, which to me is the sign of a good book. My tastes have changed with time and to still find a book as absorbing and enjoyable 20 years on is a pretty good indicator of its power.
In this book Sugerman gives a graphic account of his almost unbelievable and hedonistic youth in 1960s & 70's Los Angeles. Dissatisfied with his life in general he was looking for an escape, and found it in the shape of Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors. From then Sugerman's life turns crazy; from taking acid at school, becoming manager of The Doors and Iggy Pop, and living the LA lifestyle on Wonderland Avenue. But as these amazing highs occur so do dreadful lows; estrangement from his parents, the death of Morrison, and of course Sugerman's gradual decline into drug addiction.
The reason I loved and still love this book so much is the way Sugerman tells his tale. It's such a detailed and intense account of those years that by the end of the book I almost felt as though I knew him, and his honest depiction of the horror of his heroin addiction made me really like him. I only just discovered that Sugerman died in 2005 after a battle with lung cancer which makes the last chapter, where Sugerman's vigour and desire for life suddenly becomes so apparent, all the more poignant.
I can't recommend this book highly enough. It's probably one of my favourite books of all time.
Book Review: An old favourite
Summary: 5 Stars
I just finished reading this book for the second time. I read it years ago and recently found it whilst having a "clean-out".
I have to say that I felt incredibly uncomfortable the whole way through, however I couldn't stop reading. This book really provokes emotion and is shocking, in that some people actually live their lives as heroin addicts!
This book is highly recommended and is undoubtedly one that you wont be able to forget easily.