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 | The Birthday Party by Stanley N. Alpert | Reviewed by Harriet Klausner | |
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| Publisher: Putnam Adult
http://www.us.penguingroup.com ISBN: 0399154027 Genre: Non-fiction Subgenre: Autobiography Release date: Jan 2007 Format: Hardcover Pages: 320 Price: $24.95 | |||
| On January 21, 1998, near his Manhattan apartment, Assistant U.S. Attorney Stanley Alpert is abducted by three kidnappers, Ren, Sen, and, in charge, Lucky. He has been selected not because of his work, which mostly involved environmental law, but because he has the look of money. This is Mr. Alpert’s story of how he survived his ordeal when most kidnappings end tragically. The book is divided into two sections, "Mouse", in which he is a victim trying to survive, and "Cat", in which he is free and, with friends and law enforcement, goes after the trio, based on what he learned during his captivity. Readers will fully appreciate this stunning account, especially the "Mouse" segment, in which Mr. Alpert provides a survival manual on how he came out of this alive to celebrate his thirty-ninth birthday (his thirty-eighth was the day after he was snatched off the street); as he admits that the most important ingredient, besides trying to remain calm, is luck. The "Cat" portion is also well written but reads more like a standard law enforcement manual, so it does not contain the uniqueness of the abduction section. This is an excellent true crime thriller as related by the victim and supported by legal documents. | |||
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