Lobster Boy

This book is, unfortunately, one of those instances where the writing doesn't live up to the story. Let's begin with the good stuff. The content is fascinating and the author obviously put a lot of time into the research. We're taken through three generations of a dysfunctional family. We're shown w......more

HAHAHAHAHA. I totally read this book as a teenager. It was the best book I could find at K-Mart in whatever depressing place my family went on vacation. HAHAHAHAH!......more

On Sunday, January 25, 2004 I wrote about this book: (Not much alas) I did not plan to read this book after the first pages,did not seem like a great book, but after a while I wanted to know more of the story of Lobster boy. So I am reading it right now and after that will send to Bug007 Okay back to n......more

Pretty interesting story. Kinda a biography/true crime book. The Lobster Boy story is definitely a strange yarn. It's hard for me to feel bad for anyone involved. Grady Stiles was a monster. And not just in appearance. And his family made NO effort to prevent or escape their situation. In my opinion......more

Proof positive, if you needed it, that people who work as sideshow attractions are just like the rest of us. Grim, sad story of domestic battering, lousy decisons and difficult lives capped by a murder conspiracy. This is a rare case because Fred Rosen, who normally stays out of the middle of the ac......more