Longtime friend and reporter; Neil McCormick; reveals childhood and present day stories about Bono and his band; U2.Some are born great. Some achieve greatness. Some have greatness thrust upon them. And some have the misfortune to go to school with Bono. Everyone wants to be famous. But as a young punk in Dublin in the 1970s; Neil McCormicks ambitions went way beyond mere pop stardom. It was his destiny to be a veritable Rock God. He had it all worked out: the albums; the concerts; the quest for world peace. There was only one thing he hadnt counted on. The boy sitting on the other side of the classroom had plans of his own. Killing Bono is a story of divergent lives. As Bono and his band U2 ascended to global superstardom; his school friend Neil scorched a burning path in quite the opposite direction. Bad drugs; weird sex; bizarre haircuts: Neil experienced it all in his elusive quest for fame. But sometimes it is lifes losers who have the most interesting tales to tell. Featuring guest appearances by the Pope; Bob Dylan; and a galaxy of stars; Killing Bono offers an extremely funny; startlingly candid; and strangely moving account of a life lived in the shadows of superstardom. ldquo;The problem with knowing you is that youve done everything I ever wanted to;rdquo; Neil once complained to his famous friend. ldquo;Im your doppelganger;rdquo; Bono replied. ldquo;If you want your life back; youll have to kill me.rdquo; Now there was a thought...
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9 of 13 people found the following review helpful. Catholic theologian appraises virulent anti-Semitism of inter-war Polish Catholic ChurchBy TomRoman Catholic theologian Ronald Modrass "The Catholic Church and Antisemitism; Poland; 1933-1939" is a critical appraisal of the virulent anti-Semitism of the interwar Polish Church.Beginning in the 1890s; Roman Dmowskis National Democrats (Endecja) tapped into centuries-old popular anti-Semitism; blaming all of Polands problems on its Jewish citizens. By the 1930s; Endekian thought was becoming increasingly institutionalized. Modras shows that the church was not a bystander to the growing intolerance but was a leading and enthusiastic proponent.Modras goes to great lengths to demonstrate that the anti-Semitism of the Polish Church was not unique but was in accordance with the viewpoint of the Vatican and other national churches at that time. The author provides a wealth of anti-Semitic articles from official Polish Catholic publications. Most numerous are articles from Fr. Maksymilian Kolbes rabidly anti-Semitic daily newspaper; Maly Dziennik."The Catholic Church and Antisemitism; Poland; 1933-1939" is an exceptional book and a thoughtful; Christian response to the ethno-nationalistic chauvinism still so prevelent in American Polonia today.Some other very good books which discuss Polish Catholic anti-Semitism:"Polands Threatening Other: The Image of the Jew from 1880 to the Present" by Joanna B. Michlic"Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne; Poland" by Jan T. Gross"The Neighbors Respond: The Controversy over the Jedwabne Massacre in Poland" by Antony Polonsky"Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland After Auschwitz" by Jan Tomasz Gross"Contested Memories: Poles and Jews during the Holocaust and Its Aftermath" by Joshua D. Zimmerman"Secret City: The Hidden Jews of Warsaw; 1940-1945" by Gunnar S. Paulsson"Shtetl" by Eva Hoffman"Bondage to the Dead: Poland and the Memory of the Holocaust" by Michael C. Steinlauf"Karski: How One Man Tried to Stop the Holocaust" by E. Thomas Wood"My Brothers Keeper: Recent Polish Debates on the Holocaust" by Antony Polonsky"Polish-Jewish Relations During the Second World War" by Emanuel Ringelblum"On the Edge of Destruction: Jews of Poland Between the Two World Wars" by Celia Stopnicka Heller"The Convent at Auschwitz" by Wladyslaw Bartoszewski"Rethinking Poles and Jews: Troubled Past; Brighter Future" by Robert Cherry"The Hidden Pope: The Untold Story of a Lifelong Friendship That Is Changing the Relationship Between Catholics and Jews - The Personal Journey of John Paul II and Jerzy Kluger" by Darcy OBrien"When Nationalism Began to Hate: Imagining Modern Politics in Nineteenth-Century Poland" by Brian Porter"Faith and Fatherland: Catholicism; Modernity; and Poland" by Brian Porter"The Populist Radical Right in Poland: The Patriots" by Rafal Pankowski"Romes Most Faithful Daughter: The Catholic Church and Independent Poland; 1914-1939" (Polish and Polish American Studies) by Neal Pease"Traitors True Poles: Narrating A Polish-American Identity; 1880-1939" (Polish and Polish American Studies) by Karen Majewski"The Jews in Poland" by Chimen Abramsky"Imaginary Neighbors: Mediating Polish-Jewish Relations after the Holocaust" by Dorota Glowacka"Sinners on Trial: Jews and Sacrilege after the Reformation" by Magda Teter"From Assimilation to Anti-Semitism: The Jewish Question in Poland; 1850-1914" by Theodore R. Weeks"Antisemitism And Its Opponents In Modern Poland" by Robert Blobaum"The Jews of Poland Between Two World Wars" by Yisrael Gutman"Unequal Victims: Poles and Jews During World War Two" by Israel Gutman"Economic Origins of Antisemitism: Poland and Its Jews in the Early Modern Period" by Hillel Levine"Forced Out: The Fate of Polish Jewry in Communist Poland" by Arthur J. Wolak"The Crosses of Auschwitz: Nationalism and Religion in Post-Communist Poland" by Geneviegrave;ve Zubrzycki"Memory Offended: The Auschwitz Convent Controversy" by John K. Roth"In the Shadow of the Polish Eagle: The Poles; the Holocaust and Beyond" by Leo Cooper"No Way Out: The Politics of Polish Jewry; 1935-1939" by Emanuel Melzer"The Politics of Hate: Anti-Semitism; History; and the Holocaust in Modern Europe" by John Weiss2 of 7 people found the following review helpful. The Catholic Church and Antisemitism: Poland 1933-1939By David P. EfroymsonModras knows what he is doung. This is an excellent account of antisemitism in an important time and place. He levels serious criticism where appropriate; but the "good guys"--and there are a few--get some deserved credit. The best thing available on (especially Catholic) Poland on the evew of the Shoah.5 of 13 people found the following review helpful. The Catholic Church and Antisemitism Poland 1933-1939By AM MelbourneThis is an excellent piece of very clear readable writing about a shameful period in human history. It shows how Christian anti Jewish teachings had; after 1700 of such inculcation created an environment where rounding up Jews for the crematoria was rendered very easy for Hitlers murderous armies.The author; Modras is an honest theologian and practising Catholic. His honest history writing; brimming with direct cited quotations is an indictment of the Polish Catholic clergy.The book is a cannot-put-down type of non reading; rarely encountered in non fiction.It is a must read for anyone; like myself; whose parents were Poles born in the late 19th century.AM; Melbourne