[sumo] Book Review: "gaijin yokozun"

[Hawaiian Condos]

FWIW, the reviewer at the Honolulu Advertiser didn't find this book overly 
meritorious.  To my knowledge, she's not a sumo fan.

And my apologies for not posting this link two weeks ago.
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jul/30/il/FP607300320.html

Aloha,

Ann
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doreen Simmons" <jz8d-smmn at asahi-net.or.jp>
To: "Sumo Mailing List" <sumo at webtrek.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 1:43 AM
Subject: Re: AW: [sumo] "gaijin yokozun" was "Twixt basho rampant 
speculation"


> Panek is the man that Akebono, when still a big yokozuna,  told to stay 
> away from his house because he was making such a nuisance of himself, 
> right? I don't know what his journey has been since then, or how he got a 
> job teaching English in Hawaii, but personally I will not bother to buy 
> the book. Some of the quotes are enough for me.
>
> Doreen
>
>>gernot aka gernobonohi quoth:  joe
>>
>>after reading barbara's comment on the book in sfm i immeditally ordered
>>this book at amazon
>>i was totally disappointed.... mark panek writes in a
>>junior-highschool-style and the book glorifies anything the yokozuna
>>did....additionally he obviously followed mr.rowan only on the '98 jungyos
>>and at rare occasions later....
>>
>>my opinion on this book is that i wasted money, although i was a biiiiiig
> akebono-fan
> Doreen Simmons
> <jz8d-smmn at asahi-net.or.jp>
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