Books like The Evolution of a Cro-Magnon

All in all, this book has been an extremely interesting read. It’s honest, brutal, eye-opening and tragic. The shit thrown at John throughout his life is relentless, obviously a fair chunk of it was self inflicted but I guess when you’re in that world, the road out is all but invisible. You keep fighting, or you die unfortunately. For someone born many years later, and on the opposite side of the world, it was a shocking insight into New York in the late 70’s and 80’s, especially on the lower east side. It’s an environment most of us would never dream of and if we were asked to create such a place in our imaginations, it would pale in comparison to the real dangers.John is a fighter, and has always pushed himself towards what he has felt was right.... he got it wrong more than a few times however. For those who have experienced abuse, homelessness, addiction or any significant adversity in their lives, this book may inspire you to keep on fighting the good fight.For those who have been more fortunate, this book will open your eyes and reinforce all doubts that you’ve got it good.Yes, there’s homophobic & sexist language, the N bomb gets dropped an awful lot also. Unfortunately, the book takes place primarily in the 80’s, not the greatest of times for political correctness, and whilst the book may have held up without the language, it kind of helps submerse you into that world. I do agree with some other reviews that this possibly could’ve been addressed with a little more of an explanation on johns stance as I could only assume his attitudes would of evolved over time.What did bug be though, was his constant need to tell the reader how punk he was, and how anyone else who had not experienced similar was not punk, they were posers.... well, who are you trying to convince John? Us or yourself? Your story alone is enough for us all to make up our own minds. Yes!! You’re punk as shit! We know, we get it, we don’t need it re-enforced throughout the entire book.That aside! This book kicks ass, the audio book is the best way to take this in imho as more than half of this book takes extra weight when johns voice is adding in a little passion or humour into it!