The birthday party is an excellent resource and example for either kind of study the author stanley alpert relates the true events of how he was kidnapped on the streets of manhattan forced to provide access to his bank accounts and subjected to the control of criminals who were prepared to kill him if necessary. The birthday party is a memoir by stanley alpert an asst us attorney who got kidnapped for a few days in nyc in the 90s by a group of opportunistic muggers who were just gonna make him empty his atm for them but then discover. The birthday party is mr alperts harrowing often hilarious reconstruction of what should have been a garden variety new york street crime he gives a taut hour by hour account of a . The birthday party a memoir of survival kindle edition by alpert stanley n download it once and read it on your kindle device pc phones or tablets use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading the birthday party a memoir of survival. The birthday party a memoir of survival audible audiobook unabridged stanley n alpert author richard powers narrator blackstone audio inc publisher 0 more 38 out of 5 stars 117 ratings