I needed a small paperback that I could fit into my pockets for a waiting room and then when we were at the airport waiting to collect our youngest off the plane. Since Gene Hackman had died recently & this was one of his famous movies--won an Oscar for his performance, figured now was time to read it. I didn't realize it was a true story when I started it and was really very good about the details the detectives went into for this investigation. If anything reading about how they tailed the people involved page after page got to be a little much. Not being a New Yorker either the many turns down a street or taking an exit really meant almost nothing to me. Overall a good story about this crazy investigation.
While I was reading it, AMC had the movie coming up so I DVR'ed it and watched it after I finished the book. I really didn't like the movie much at all, was confusing and didn't follow the book much other than the main topic and some characters. The final shootout at the end was just kind of stupid. No idea why it won so many awards.
The copy of this book I have is an old paperback, kinda beat up. Too old, no ISBN. I will not bother putting on PBS and will instead put in my donate away pile.
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