Boogie—Afraid of Nothing Except Being Nothing is a biography that explores poverty and wealth, gambling addiction, violence, lust, business success, antisemitism, and impulsive philanthropy.
 
Greg Lewis’ mastery of descriptive prose beats with a poetic heart and distinguishes his writing.
Leonard “Boogie” Weinglass always had dreams—impossible dreams, soon forgotten.
 
He had dreamed he could fly, and he did, day after day, leaping across the gaps between the one-story detached garages that squeezed each side of an adjacent back alley. Inside those garages were other’s dreams, broken and useless. The garages served as dingy hospices for clunker cars, assorted push mowers, broken furniture, rusting bicycles, and other hallmarks of struggle. Dreams didn’t come true on Violet Street.
 
But Boogie had other dreams
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This is his story.