| The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival Contributor(s): Alpert, Stanley N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0425219119 ISBN-13: 9780425219119 Publisher: Berkley Books OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: On January 21, 1998, the night before his thirty-eighth birthday, federal prosecutor Stanley N. Alpert was kidnapped off the streets of Manhattan by a car full of gun-toting thugs looking to use his ATM card. He ended up blindfolded in a Brooklyn apartment as his captors changed their plans, alternately threatening him and his family, seeking legal advice, expounding on the "gangsta" life, and offering him the services of their prostitute girlfriends as a birthday present. All the while, Alpert, still blindfolded, talked with them, played on their attitudes and fears, and memorized every detail he could in the event that he ever managed to get out of there alive. Filled with immediacy, drama, and extraordinary characters, "The Birthday Party" reads like a thriller-but every word is true. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Organized Crime - Biography & Autobiography | Lawyers & Judges - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: 364.154 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.58" W x 8.2" (0.66 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1990's - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On January 21, 1998, the night before his thirty-eighth birthday, federal prosecutor Stanley N. Alpert was kidnapped off the streets of Manhattan by a car full of gun-toting thugs looking to use his ATM card. He ended up blindfolded in a Brooklyn apartment as his captors changed their plans, alternately threatening him and his family, seeking legal advice, expounding on the gangsta life, and offering him the services of their prostitute girlfriends as a birthday present. All the while, Alpert, still blindfolded, talked with them, played on their attitudes and fears, and memorized every detail he could in the event that he ever managed to get out of there alive. Filled with immediacy, drama, and extraordinary characters, The Birthday Party reads like a thriller-but every word is true. |