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Report to the Commissioner
 
Report to the Commissioner

Report to the Commissioner

by James Mills
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux (T) (1972-06)
ISBN: 0374249407
EAN: 9780374249403
Dewey Decimal #: 813.54
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 284 pages
Edition: 1st
SKU: 20612
Condition: Used: Very Good

Customer Reviews
If you love New York City, you get a bonus.
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-05-16

I disagree completely with the prior reviewer. This book is brilliant--precisely because of its writing. And its plotting. And its story, which is gripping.

The story is entirely told in the language of the characters. Each character is different in personality and intelligence and understanding of reality. The characters are telling their stories to interviewers. The book consists of transcripts of their interviews, which are describing the events of the story and their points of view.

The interviews are bracketed by reproductions of actual police reports. The language of the reports is bureaucratic, unemotional. Effective because it contrasts so starkly with the emotional reporting of the characters' interviews.

Most fiction readers will appreciate this book for its excellent writing, plotting, and story. If you love New York City, you get a bonus. This story feels all too true as a New York story.

Truth: that is what I find in this book. This is a wonderful story.
There IS a difference
Rating (1)
Date: 2007-07-17
1 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful

This author writes like a girl. No offense intended but there is a difference and it is obvious in the author's characterizations. When a character is unbelievable is kind of ruins the story for me.
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