Thick as Thieves: A Brother a Sister--a True Story of Two Turbulent Lives

Gengs memoir . . . does much to restore integrity to the genre of the addict memoir as presented in classics by William S. Burroughs Hunter S. Thompson and Jerry Stahl.―The New York Times Book Review. Steve Geng―thief addict committed member of Manhattans criminal semi-elite―was a rhapsody in blue all on his own. Women had a tendency to crack his head open. His sister? Also unusual: Veronica Geng wrote brilliantly eccentric pieces for The New Yorker hung with rock stars and Pulitzer Prize winners threw the occasional typewriter fled intimacy. They were parallel universes but when they converged it was . . . memorable.. Spanning decades of unresolved personal drama and rebellion Steve Gengs memoir Thick as Thieves is the story of their lives the bond between them and all the things they shared. This is a memoir about two siblings who loved each other (sometimes) the thrill of the shoplift and the power of the written word which will lift your spirits kick you in the shins and help you remember the person who understood you the most. Geng has made a lot of mistakes in his life. Thick as Thieves may just make up for them.