Title: Four for effort
Product review: I agree with the reader from Crandon Lakes, New Jersey. While you can't fault the exhaustive research and the volume of information which has gone into "Gotham", the book lacks interpretative drive and personal vision. Perhaps the lack of a "lyrical" voice which the reader detects is a result of the dual authorship. The need to work through the enormous amount of facts to do with trade, legislation, social policy, financial administration etc, and the understandable need to do this as a combined effort has, at times, swamped the excitement of the subject. Worth persevering, nonetheless.
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