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Article: More Pricks than Kicks
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- Jerusalem Post
- Article date:
- August 22, 1996
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Ralph Amelan
Jerusalem Post
08-22-1996
LAST DANCE AT THE HOTEL KEMPINSKI by Robin Hirsch. Hanover, University Press of New England. 300 pp. $24.95.
'Hullo, who is zis?"
"Robin."
"Who?"
"Robin."
"Who?"
"Your son, Robin."
"Ach, ja, RRRawbeen [sic
]. And why don't you write?"
This duet for father and son, played on the transatlantic telephone cable, needs a little explanation. In the English corner is the father, Herbert Hirsch, yekke to his fingertips if not a little beyond and a refugee from Hitler. In the American corner is the son RRRawbeen, a.k.a. Robin Hirsch, actor and playwright. The ups and downs of their relationship form the backbone of this entertaining and fascinating memoir.
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