I, JFK

by Robert Mayer

Book Overview

A wryly ironic Jack Kennedy recounts his own life story--years after his death--revealing the truths about his presidency, his marriage and mistresses, his colorful associates, and his death. Book... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312923406
• ISBN13: 9780312923402
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

Best Book on Tape I Have Ever Heard

This book should be heard, since the two reader's accents contribute tremendiously to the wit and enjoyability of this book. One doesn't have to be a Kennedy fan to delight in this book, but personal familiarity with the New Frontier is necessary. The book is witty, moving and terribly clever. There probably are historical inaccuracies. This story is Kennedy talking from "heaven" so it seems more than a little pedantic to expect that his "remeniscence" will be accurate. The point is the sense of time, the Irish version of the Kennedy accent and the personal view of the Kennedy myth.I read incessantly. However, sometimes books on tape are superior to the written form. Some books are simply better read. For example, for an adult, the book on tape version of Harry Potter is just better. Bernard Cornwell's "Sharpe" series are infinitely better read by Frederick Davidson. I, JFK is such a book. Like Kennedy or loath him. This book remembers a time and a group of people who changed who were are as a nation. For a trivial amount of money you can experience, but more importantly, enjoy a unique time in American history. I cannot recommend a book more highly.If you are old enough to remember Kennedy's death, then I urge you to listen to this book. I don't think you will regret it.

A must for all JKF buffs!

Robert Mayer's main characters are: JFK (Handsome Jack) in the afterlife ... along with RFK (Robert, the Young), Lord Veep Nixon (the stubble-hearted); LBJ, Bane of Texas, Henry Cabot (the Large), J. Edgar Hoover, Dr.King, Fiddle and Faddle, Judy, and of course, Marilyn, who sternly lectures Handsome Jack on morality and the Monroe Doctrine before and after their romps in the sack. Brilliantly written with much thought provoking truth woven in this delightfully humorous work of fantasy where JFK explains ALL.

I very much enjoyed this book.

I, JFK is probably the funniest book I've ever read. After I read it I passed it to half a dozen friends. It has been lost in limbo for a few years but I hope to get another copy to share. My favorite part has to be the positive image of Marylin Monroe and how she sums up Jack as "just a pretty face". I highly recommend this book to anyone who lived through the era or knows their history.

A darned funny book

I'd give it a 10, but I'm not quite old enough to have lived through it all, and therefore, some of the jokes go RIGHT over my head. But most hit me in the belly, where they're intended to: J.Edgar Hoover, for instance, the only "commuter" in the afterlife, with an open door to both heaven and hell; Robert Kennedy, a poignant character still in love with Marylin, who left "purgatory" a few years ago; Johnson, a cowboy still; and the mysterious cloud that occasionally drifts by, speaking in a voice like thunder. If you've seen the conspiracy films, you must read this book. A few laughs never hurt anyone, and yet you'll be moved as well. The novel humanizes the late President in a way that more serious treatments have not managed to. 'Tis a pity it's a special order; this one deserved monumental success