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A review by ali_k0
Fat Leonard: How One Man Bribed, Bilked, and Seduced the U.S. Navy by Craig Whitlock
funny
informative
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
5.0
I think I got this book off my Libby shelf the day it came out, and probably read 75% in one day. The author and audio reader are both fantastic, I couldn't stop. I was so annoyed finals kept me from finishing it another week.
I know almost nothing about military or rank, certainly not the navy. Usually when I go for nonfiction, it's nothing like this, but the subtitles enticed me to step out of my comfort zone and dive into some military scandal like I was a middle aged dad talking about WW2.
I think I told just about everyone I knew to read this book, purely based on how unbelievably incredible I found the entire story. At every point, you're thinking, "That can't possibly happen!" And then it DID.
No matter your background knowledge on Politics or military this book is very easy to understand with a cast of characters that will leave gasping. It is both the most entertaining and horrifying real-life episode of Gossip Girl you could ever imagine.
It was a ride from start to finish. Read it.
I know almost nothing about military or rank, certainly not the navy. Usually when I go for nonfiction, it's nothing like this, but the subtitles enticed me to step out of my comfort zone and dive into some military scandal like I was a middle aged dad talking about WW2.
I think I told just about everyone I knew to read this book, purely based on how unbelievably incredible I found the entire story. At every point, you're thinking, "That can't possibly happen!" And then it DID.
No matter your background knowledge on Politics or military this book is very easy to understand with a cast of characters that will leave gasping. It is both the most entertaining and horrifying real-life episode of Gossip Girl you could ever imagine.
It was a ride from start to finish. Read it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use and Sexual content
Minor: Violence and War