Prodigal Father Pagon Son... By Anthony "LT" Menginie and Kerrie Droban

Reviewed by Beverly Roberts
Flash Productions
New Biker book hits the stores
Prodigal Father Pagon Son
by Anthony "LT" Menginie and Kerrie Droban

            This book moves into a <possible> new trend in "tell all" biker books: Inside stories from the kids of the outlaw bikers. From a commercial standpoint this makes sense. With that said, while this is the story of one child growing up in a small, specific circle of people, the author wants to convince the reader that this is what it's like to grow up in a typical motorcycle club environment.  Obviously he had a horrific experience, but it sounds to me more like the drugs and alcohol caused the majority of the problems rather than their club life. If you mix this kind of drug/alcohol use, whether a biker’s or a preacher’s, you are bound to have serious chaos and dysfunction in your life and the lives of anyone around you.

            I like the fact that the writer teamed up with a experienced professional as the co-author. Droban's contribution of colorful language sprinkled with plenty of fifty cent words made for a better read, but it made these characters seem not so real at the same time.

            Even if this book did not ring true of “typical" biker family life,  it was courageous on the part of the author to share this deeply personal story of his painful early years with the public the way he did. At 267 pages long including photos, I found this book to be entertaining, interesting and definitely worth my time.