Prodigal Father Pagan Son Growing Up Inside the Dangerous World of the Pagans Motorcycle Club is an interesting biker book by Anthony “LT” Menginie and Kerrie Droban who also wrote Running With The Devil. While technically it is a biker book, it has an interesting angle in that the son of a Pagan president “Mangy”, Anthony Menginie never actually gets his full patch. I’m not even sure if he rode a motorcycle. However it is a great look at life as a kid who grew up around the Pagans Motorcycle Club. The book goes into great detail events from LT’s early childhood that shaped his attitude towards the world, the Pagans, and his father. The book follows him through his teen years and into early adulthood where he decides to part ways with The Pagans but not the biker lifestyle. In addition to the characters you might expect such as LT and his father and mother, there are others that are well developed. The Saint is one of my favorites and I think an entire book could be written about him as well. The Gorilla is another character. You can read about the conflict between Gorilla and Mangy which takes a large part of the book in this article. In addition to the story of the son of a Pagan president growing up in the Pagans, some interesting commentary about known events is included. I had heard about the Pagans attack on The Hells Angels at The Hellraiser Ball but it is always interesting to hear comments about such events from insiders and to see what effect the event had on the MC. Prodigal Father Pagan Son is a good book, I enjoyed it very much. The ending was interesting as well. I wasn’t expecting a book about someone not officially in the club but the lift of Anthony Menginie is an interesting one well worth writing a book.
Reviews at Amazon are mixed. Those expecting a book about the Pagans MC were disappointed and nearly everyone agreed that the life LT lived as a child was one no child should have to go though.
