Posted by just bob on September 18, 2006, 1:47 pm
> ...he seems to have the mind of a child in many ways. clearly classy
> on the bike, and definitely mature in some ways. but immature and
> simple in many others. callow.
> guess that's a result of being a prodigy and growing up in an insulated
> world not representative of the real world.
> the net being for me, the book took some of the lustre off of my
> opinion of rossi.
I could not get past the first 10 pages for the same reason. I'm sure 12
year-olds love it, though.
Posted by js1 on September 19, 2006, 9:44 am
> ...he seems to have the mind of a child in many ways. clearly classy
> on the bike, and definitely mature in some ways. but immature and
> simple in many others. callow.
Haven't read the book... but you may be taking Rossi more seriously than
he takes himself...
--
"I have to decide between two equally frightening options.
If I wanted to do that, I'd vote." --Duckman
> on the bike, and definitely mature in some ways. but immature and
> simple in many others. callow.
> guess that's a result of being a prodigy and growing up in an insulated
> world not representative of the real world.
> the net being for me, the book took some of the lustre off of my
> opinion of rossi.