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Book Review of Brighton Beach Memoirs

Brighton Beach Memoirs
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Author: Neil Simon
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


Semi-autobiographical account of a coming of age boy in pre-WW II Brooklyn. Act I is rife with typical wry wit of the playwright; Act 2 trends toward melancholy. Non-the-less it is entertaining, unless of course you shy from the masturbation instruction.