The Adventures of Herbie Cohen
World's Greatest Negotiator

Herb Cohen was a well-known successful negotiator who, from what I've read before about his life, kept a suitcase packed and ready to leave town on short notice. Presidents--corporate and elected--involved him in treacherous situations and when they called, they usually couldn't wait long for you to......more

I picked up the latest by a favorite author, Rich Cohen, with some trepidation. Here is a sentimental biography by Cohen of his dad, Herbie Cohen - surely this is a recipe for love-blind devotion, the adoration of a father by a son, rather than compelling read. I shouldn't have worried - at all. Fir......more

Thanks to Netgalley and FSG for the ebook. Last year I read a fantastic book by the author about the last pirate of New York, and he comes back with another interesting character in Herbie Cohen, a man born on the streets of Brooklyn of modest means to become a man who has a legendary career as a ne......more

What a wonderful little journey into nostalgia and a son's love for his father, as well as his family. The book starts off with small "micro chapters," all numbered and you feel you're really scooting along almost at a comedy club with a master stand-up. It devolves into a series of health issues wi......more

Closing the circle This is an obvious labor of love. When you're a kid, especially a boy, your father looms large in your life. He's your first role model, whether for good or for bad, and if your father is successful and self-made, like the author's, he can only loom larger. Mr. Cohen has written a b......more