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Sister Superior's Thumb, the Pope's Ring and the End of Childhood - The Memoir of A Boy on His Dangerous Journey (Paperback)
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Sister Superior's Thumb, the Pope's Ring and the End of Childhood - The Memoir of A Boy on His Dangerous Journey (Paperback)
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Loot Price R441
Discovery Miles 4 410
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The author's first volume in the trilogy tells about his early
youth starting with the Great Depression till the end of WWII.
Volume II begins when he was thirteen and still in pursuit of what
he loved best, youthful romances and wild adventures. Before
reaching eighteen he'd had his fifteen minutes of fame, but not
before encountering a variety of characters with switchblades,
fists and loaded revolvers. Helping a couple of runaways put the
author in harm's way, but even worse was an encounter with Sister
Superior which eventually led him to becoming an escape artist. He
was caught up with gang wars, love affairs and a striptease card
game that could knock your socks off. After eleven years in grammar
school the author finally graduated. He liked to physically show
off, even to the point of hanging from tall tree branches by his
toes. One Halloween evening he came up with a preposterous scheme
that got so out of hand it took six police officers to hunt him
down. His adventures were often dangerous but he always had the
readiness to dare. Although his school life was disturbing, he had
the patience to go the distance. More troubling was his love life.
He always wound up disappointed, but while missing each girl he had
the good fortune to believe that time was on his side.
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