WELCOME TO MY JUNGLE by CRAIG DUSWALT : CHRISTINE TRYNA BOOK REVIEW

This book is funny.  It's also easy to read.  So it's a good vacation book.  Duswalt's claim to fame - and the foundation of a marketing/networking business he promotes in the book - is that he was a personal manager to Axl Rose of Guns n Roses for a couple years after having done the same for the band Air Supply.  Job description: Everything.  His job was unrelentless with extreme hours and stress and of course some zany things happened. It was also a very long tour and lead to that particular line up of rock stars disbanding.

I was very sensitive to the fact that Duswalt talked 90% + about Axl, just mentioning other band members.  OK, fair enough, after all he was devoted to satisfying Axl's desires and needs as a rock star on tour and wasn't working for them. Duswalt mentions Slash as a drinking buddy.  That said, this reader desired to know more about how others on tour conducted themselves.

"Unauthorized account."  That usually means that the persons mentioned did not approve, which can be a good thing, since most are, in my opinion, more interested in marketing and promotion than the truth.

I was also sensitive to how sharply this book was edited. Perhaps it's simply the voice of a person who gets to the point quickly.  There was a kind of beat poet quality to it or perhaps that was comedic timing.  As a result it moves quickly but it also leaves me wanting - more!

C 2022  Christine Trzyna