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Title: big ego and not enough information
Review: I agree with Alison--this is an ego book. Mr. Levitt's book seems to be an afterthought. It focuses mostly on himself along with a few personal vendettas he seems to need to air. His attempt at a tribute to Frank Garr is apparent but perhaps he should have written a biographical account of Mr. Garr's pursuit of this case. Instead, he jumps back and forth between what he learns, his own life, what Garr learns, and their friendship--throwing in lots of irrelevant information about other subjects. There are so many facts missing about the case itself that the book was just plain boring. Since the case has been extensively written about at least Levitt could have given a real report on the trial itself--but he didn't take this opportunity to do so. Give me Mark Fuhrman or Domenick Dunne (two Levitt takes digs at) anyday over this.
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