Flee the Angry Strangers

by George Mandel and Mandel George

Book Overview

""Flee The Angry Strangers"" by George Mandel is a novel that delves into the world of drug addicts and the struggles that they face on a daily basis. The story follows a group of individuals who are... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560255714
• ISBN13: 9781560255710
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

A hard look through a time window

The 1950's were not all Fonzi and his friends. I read "Flee The Angry Strangers" in 1956. It was an unsettling look at the dark side of the 50's, that rang true then, and is one of the few novels that I have not forgotten over time. I saw parallels between some of the characters, and friends from high school and the Korean war. The only note that did not ring true was Joe Dinch's (the "Dincher's") veneration of Louis Armstrong. Some of us listened to Armstrong in Pasadena. He was hyped as the greatest jazz trumpeter of all time. We compared him to Howard McGhee's playing at JATP concerts, Chet Baker with Gerry Mulligan and with his own group, and Shorty Rogers and Rolf Ericsson at the Lighthouse, and couldn't understand all the adulation Armstrong seemed to get from old critics. Growing older has brought a greater appreciation of Mozart and Bix Beiderbecke, but, except for a few old Hot Five and Hot Seven sides, not Armstrong. "Flee The Angry Strangers" is worth reading. It is a classic, in the sense that it was ahead of its time, and has the timeless quality to outlive it.