Monday, October 3, 2011

Skyjack : The Hunt For D.B. Cooper
by Geoffrey Gray

It seems that every couple of years a new book comes out on D.B. Cooper. Remember him? He's the guy that hijacked a Northwest Orient plane in 1971, got $200,000 and parachuted off into oblivion. He was never found.
With this latest offering, we are introduced to a whole cast of quirky characters that may or may not have had anything to do with Cooper. It's pure speculation. The text jumps around with different time periods so between that and the multitude of people, it can be confusing.
I stopped reading the book after page one hundred. The writing style was not my cup of tea. It's very abrupt and in-your-face but now I know why. The author used to write about boxing for the New York Times. How other reviewers think that Geoffrey Gray is such a talented writer is beyond me.
Not recommended.

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