January 06, 2004
Rose Review
Alysse Minkoff of ESPN.com Page 2 has read My Prison Without Bars and liked it a great deal.
Right away, one thing becomes as blazingly apparent as the bright red dust jacket: This is a damn good book and an enthralling read. Pete Rose is a compelling, tragic figure in this drama of his own making, and as a reader I never once felt the least bit sorry for him -- which is exactly the way he wants it.
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Interesting link. The book's title doesn't seem to square with Minkoff's view that Rose 'refuses to turn his autobiography into a whiny "poor me" confessional.' Maybe Rose seems too tough to whine, but the opportunism of his confession is equally manipulative and offensive.