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You Can’t Win: Complete and Unabridged Kindle Edition

by Jack Black (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 118 ratings
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My background is crowded with robberies, burglaries, and thefts too numerous to recall. All manner of crimes against property. Arrests, trials, acquittals, convictions, escapes. Penitentiaries! I see in the background four of them. County jails, workhouses, city prisons, Mounted Police barracks, dungeons, solitary confinement, bread and water, hanging up, brutal floggings, and the murderous straitjacket. I see hop joints, wine dumps, thieves' resorts, and beggars' hangouts. Crime followed by swift retribution in one form or another. I had very few glasses of wine as I traveled this route. I rarely saw a woman smile and seldom heard a song. In those twenty-five years I took all these things, and I am going to write about them. And I am going to write about them as I took them - with a smile.
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    978-1617200243
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    On Kindle Scribe
  3. Publisher
    Sublime Books
  4. Publication date
    July 27, 2016
  5. Language
    English
  6. File size
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01J7J9JM4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sublime Books (July 27, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 27, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1062 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 258 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1617200247
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 118 ratings

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4.5 out of 5 stars
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Lee W
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing. Forthright. Chilling.
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2024
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Jack Black's path was a combination of tragic and a miracle. Articulate and wise, after years of the criminal life, he tells his story honestly, heartbreakingly, and hopefully. Wow!
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disneyfan1313
4.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2019
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“You Can’t Win” is both rambling and charming, fascinating and routine and very much a moment in time. I found it a fascinating look at a “normal” criminal during a forgotten time when the world was changing. Worth reading and taking your time with. Enjoy all the little stories and journeys that come with this mans life.
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bibby
5.0 out of 5 stars Best book ever!!! Must read!!
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2020
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This is by far my most favorite book of all time. It tells of a time in American history that has since been lost. It is an autobiography of an outcast of society. Someone who lived an amazing life and survived and was reformed. Amazing. I’ve given 10 copies of this book to friends so they can enjoy it as much as I have.
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Ryan C. Papazian
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved this book
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2018
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This was a great read. As someone who usually hits that lull in the middle of every book right and force myself to finish the rest, this was not that case. I read this everywhere I went. A true gem. Enjoy
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Peter P. Bertolozzi
3.0 out of 5 stars Skeevy loser writes a memoir
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2020
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This book has its interesting moments, but the writer proves himself to be a contemptible creep so many times its impossible to root for him.
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Mark Budding
5.0 out of 5 stars What a story!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 10, 2019
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Fabulous writing and true story telling of the highest quality. A vivid and challenging read of life on the edge, Jack Black the wandering rogue, thief, philosopher and lucky man. Read it!
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Aaron Mullen
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully written autobiography
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 2, 2019
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I loved this book. I can see why Burroughs loved it too. It's refreshingly honest, unpretentious and engaging. I didn't want it to end! Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The first place
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 15, 2017
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I am not sure how much you have any problems with this new season and my own personal information on this issue
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Laica
1.0 out of 5 stars Great book, but I have an issue
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 3, 2021
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There is little point in buying a book for kindle if it will not open and you make it so hard to report an issue
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