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REVIEWS New York Post (by Phil Mushnick), April 15 "Want to read a book that Vince McMahon no doubt wishes was never published? 'Wrestling Babylon' [is] loaded with detailed and well-researched goodies about how, under McMahon's control, the pro wrestling business, inside and outside, became a snake pit in service to sexual deviance, drugs and death." Jerusalem Post (Samuel Freedman's "In the Disaspora" column), June 15 (Transcript of Irvin Muchnick's interview with Samuel Freedman: http://muchnick.net/Freedman.html) SLAM! Wrestling (by Rod Desnomie), May 28 "For those who want to dig a few layers deeper down to [wrestling's] stinky core, ... Irvin Muchnick's Wrestling Babylon is the way to go." http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Reviews/2007/05/23/4202765.html WrestlingObserver.com (by Derek Burgan), June 9 "A powerful collection ... that [cuts] right to the heart of the matter in one scandalous subject after another ... Muchnick deftly walks the line between informative and entertaining ..." http://www.wrestlingobserver.com/wo/news/headlines/default.asp?aID=19818 WorldWrestlingInsanity.com (by Mike Rickard II), June 6 "A great read (whether you're a wrestling fan or not ... a brutally honest look at some of wrestling's darkest moments ... [Muchnick is] a true wordsmith ..." http://www.worldwrestlinginsanity.com/am2/publish/Rickard/RickardBabylon.shtml8 Alex Marvez's Syndicated Column, May 18 http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/other_spotlight/article/0,2777,DRMN_23960_5542743,00.html MARVEZ-MUCHNICK INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT BeyondChron (by Randy Shaw) http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/How_Pro_Wrestling_Reflects_and_Defines_American_Culture_4327.html (Penn State) Daily Collegian (by Steve Hughes) http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2007/04/04-20-07tdc/04-20-07darts-04.asp Sacramento News & Review (by Mark Hanzlik) http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=305868 Pro Wrestling Torch (by Sean Radican) http://pwtorch.com (subscriber log-in required) Alan Wojcik http://alanwojcik.livejournal.com/119857.html 411mania.com (by Michael Weyer) http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/52972/Shining-a-Spotlight-4.12.07:-Review-O-Rama.htm Play (Philadelphia) (by David J. Foster) http://www.playphilly.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18252931&BRD=2766&PAG461&dept_id=578221&rfi=6 (SCROLL DOWN TO FOURTH ITEM)