A Review of The Carny Kid

Some lives read more like fiction than the truth. These are people who simply defeat all the odds against them and who demonstrate that growing up poor and in a bad neighborhood is not a ticket to jail or an early death. That’s why The Carny Kid: Survival of a Young Thief by Kenny Kahn ($19.95, Pendant Press) is so worth reading. It is the memoir of the author, who survived parents who were carnival thieves and small time drug dealers, survived the tough streets of East L.A., survived polio, played high school football and went on to become a successful attorney and even a standup comedian! It’s an inspiring story and, best of all, an entertaining one, too.

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