Not sure if I've ever read a memoir by someone with Alzheimer's a lot. Milch has been through a lot - or rather, his wife has. I thought of her constantly reading this especially as she's not very well defined here - Milch's drug addiction, spending habits, gambling habits, temper. I guess you can forgive a lot with writing genius - maybe not blowing all their cash.
Milch wrote a highly readable book about NYPD Blue with Bill Clark which included a lot of stuff in this book. This of course fleshes it out - a not particularly interesting childhood (there's a lot of talk about someone called Judgy), an academic career (Robert Warren Penn) then rapid fame and wealth via Steven Bochco and Hill Street Blues.
He had a number of flops - Brooklyn South, Bay City Blues, Beverly Hills Buntz, John from Cincinnati, - and these are recounted here along with the hits. The background to all these is interesting.
He's very magnanimous about David Caruso (their kids became good friends). I would've liked more gossip but that's not Milch's style.
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