Being a non-fiction fan is to be reminded regularly of the adage, "truth is stranger than fiction." Some of the best non-fiction writing is to be found in the pages of our dwindling supply of magazines. Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, the New Yorker and others supply much of the best "true stories" out there.
To that end, David Grann, he of THE LOST CITY OF Z, has delivered a delectable collection of "Tales of murder, madness and obsession," entitled THE DEVIL AND SHERLOCK HOLMES.
I have said this before, but you know it's a good book when you put other books aside to finish it and that is the way it was with DEVIL.
Spanning the genre from the prison politics of white supremacists to the final baseball days of Rickey Henderson to the last heist of an elderly bank robber, this collection would make a great gift for the non-fiction fan in your life.
To be honest, I could spend the rest of my life reading this kind of book. And, you know what? I think I will.
http://www.davidgrann.com
http://www.doubleday.com
http://www.randomhouse.com
You make this sound like fun, but I must admit some disappointment, as I was expecting a story not unlike the latest tales involving zombies, i.e. Lincoln and/or Pride and Prejudice.
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