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A review by blaineduncan
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
5.0
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https://thealabamatake.wordpress.com/2018/03/14/as-must-reads-go-ill-be-gone-in-the-dark-is-one-of-the-best/
For many, Michelle McNamara is better known as the recently deceased wife of comedian Patton Oswalt; after reading her nonfiction book I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, people will hopefully come to know her for the fluid storytelling style and hard-nosed, yet never tedious, research.
In I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, McNamara carefully examines and extensively searches out the “Golden State Killer,” a moniker given to a serial rapist and killer by McNamara herself, who was never caught although he was active well over a ten-year period. His rape and murder spree was likely confined to Southern California, but it all feels like a larger part of America. The book itself is one of the more fascinating pieces of nonfiction since In Cold Blood and is utterly addictive reading. (McNamara manages to be powerfully engaging while avoiding hyperbole or inventing portions that Capote was often criticized for creating.)
https://thealabamatake.wordpress.com/2018/03/14/as-must-reads-go-ill-be-gone-in-the-dark-is-one-of-the-best/
For many, Michelle McNamara is better known as the recently deceased wife of comedian Patton Oswalt; after reading her nonfiction book I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, people will hopefully come to know her for the fluid storytelling style and hard-nosed, yet never tedious, research.
In I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, McNamara carefully examines and extensively searches out the “Golden State Killer,” a moniker given to a serial rapist and killer by McNamara herself, who was never caught although he was active well over a ten-year period. His rape and murder spree was likely confined to Southern California, but it all feels like a larger part of America. The book itself is one of the more fascinating pieces of nonfiction since In Cold Blood and is utterly addictive reading. (McNamara manages to be powerfully engaging while avoiding hyperbole or inventing portions that Capote was often criticized for creating.)