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Bezig met laden... The Darkest Glare: A True Story of Murder, Blackmail, and Real Estate Greed in 1979 Los Angelesdoor Chip Jacobs
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. "The Darkest Glare" is an obscure true crime story. It begins with Richard Kasparov and Jerry Scneiderman, who created a space planning firm called Space Matters. They then partner up with another guy named Howard Garrett. Long story short, Kasparov steals from them and from there, Garrett sues and then plans a series of assassination attempts on Kasparov. I didn't exactly finish this one. I read approximately 1/5 of it before skimming the rest. I'm writing this review because I did sink around 2 hours of reading time into this book, so here are my 2 cents. I lost interest in the narrative but more than that I got tired of the writing. Chip Jacobs certainly adds a lot of personality to the story, which is apparent in the first chapter and fine to start with, but it got to be a bit much. There were parts that were detailed to the point of overwriting (e.g. describing a person's physical appearance for an entire long paragraph), and there was so much extraneous detail packed into it. I'd recommend this book if it sounds interesting and you like the writing style. *read via NetGalley geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"Late-seventies Los Angeles was rampant with killers and shady characters, but all the go-getters at Space Matters saw was possibility. Richard Kasparov was handsome and charismatic; his younger associate, Jerry Schneiderman, brilliant and nerdy. When the pair hired a veteran contractor to oversee construction, the space planning firm they operated out of a hip mansion in LA's Miracle Mile district appeared poised to transform the boundless skyline into their jackpot. After the promising team imploded, however, the orderly lines on their blueprints succumbed to treachery and secrets. To get even, one of the ex-partners launched a murder-for-profit corporation using, among other peculiar sorts, a bantam-sized epileptic with a deadeye shot and a cross-dressing sidekick. The hapless criminals required a comical number of attempts to execute their first target. Once they did, on a rainy night in the San Fernando Valley, the surviving founder of Space Matters was thrown into a pressure cooker existence out of a Coen Brothers movie. Threatened for money he didn't have, he donned a disguise, survived a heart-pounding encounter at the La Brea Tar Pits, and relied on an ex-Israeli mercenary for protection. In the end, he had to outfox a glowering murderer, while asking if you can ever really know anyone in a town where dirty deals send men to their graves. In The Darkest Glare, Chip Jacobs recounts a spectacular, noir-ish, true-crime saga from one of the deadliest eras in American history. You'll never gaze out windows into the dark again. Included as a bonus is an original true crime short from the same unhinged era. In "Paul & Chuck," a flashy, crusading attorney wages war against the messianic leader of a bloodthirsty cult determined to teach the world to stay away."-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)364.1523Social sciences Social problems and services; associations Criminology Crimes and Offenses Offenses against persons Homicide MurderLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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If you are looking for a true crime book filled with murder, dark mischief and historical inferences, look no further, you will thoroughly enjoy this one! ( )