Henry VIII for a day

[katestine]

Gang Leader for a Day is the latest in a long line of books I've read this year that were about something different than I expected. I thought it'd be the story of the notebook of data Sudhir Venkatesh got from the treasurer of a crack-dealing gang in the Chicago projects, as mentioned in Freakonomics. Instead, it's the story behind how Venkatesh

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[thewronghands]

I really enjoyed that one too, and like yourself I have no idea other than dumb luck how he lived through it. I do think that he knows what a stupid idea that all was; I read it as him playing up his earlier naivety for humor value, now that we know that nothing actually bad happened to him. Somehow.

[fitfool]

That book's been on my "To Read' list for a while now. thanks for
reminding me of it again. Sounds like he was incredibly lucky to worm
his way into that gang.