The Birthday Party
About this book
On January 21, 1998, the night before his thirty-eighth birthday, federal prosecutor Stanley N. Alpert was kidnapped off the streets of Manhattan by a car full of gun-toting thugs looking to use his ATM card. He ended up blindfolded in a Brooklyn apartment as his captors changed their plans, alternately threatening him and his family, seeking legal advice, expounding on the "gangsta" life, and offering him the services of their prostitute girlfriends as a birthday present. All the while, Alpert, still blindfolded, talked with them, played on their attitudes and fears, and memorized every detail he could in the event that he ever managed to get out of there alive. His story was featured on CBS's 48 Hours: Live to Tell, episode "The Birthday Party".
Reader Profile
3.7/5 · 13362 readers · 320 pages · ≈ 5 h 56 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read The Birthday Party?
About ≈ 5 h 56 m — 320 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Birthday Party?
320 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Birthday Party?
It sits on the True Crime, Biography & Memoir shelves.
Is The Birthday Party in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote The Birthday Party?
Stanley N. Alpert.