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silverthane 's review for:
The Untouchables
by Eliot Ness
I wanted to read up about the infamous Eliot Ness and his team of Federal Prohibition Agents known as 'The Untouchables' - so called because they were beyond the reach of the corruption and bribery spread throughout 1920s Chicago by Al Capone and his mobsters.
I chose this book because it was written by the man himself. Unfortunately it wasn't quite what I hoped for. It was poorly written and, most of the time, pretty boring. It was mostly used to try and promote the upcoming movie. It is advertised as an autobiographical novel but it makes it very clear in the small print that events and characters depicted within are entirely fictional. So instead of reading an accurate (or at least, mostly accurate) account of true events I was left with poorly written 1950s thriller fiction in which Elliot Ness crows about how great he is.
Personally I'd avoid if you're looking for an account of what actually happened to Al Capone
I chose this book because it was written by the man himself. Unfortunately it wasn't quite what I hoped for. It was poorly written and, most of the time, pretty boring. It was mostly used to try and promote the upcoming movie. It is advertised as an autobiographical novel but it makes it very clear in the small print that events and characters depicted within are entirely fictional. So instead of reading an accurate (or at least, mostly accurate) account of true events I was left with poorly written 1950s thriller fiction in which Elliot Ness crows about how great he is.
Personally I'd avoid if you're looking for an account of what actually happened to Al Capone