I don't know why people hated on this book so much. I really loved the story of the Vidocq Society and the stories from Bender and Walter. I think it's amazing what these people did, and it's because of their talents and passions. I mean, the only flaw I found was that it wasn't as flowy and smoo...
Since this doesn't rise to the level of Sherman's collected wisdom, I can really only offer up 2 1/2 stars. This was a breeze to read (once getting past the author's tendency toward hyperbole and nonfictional purple prose), but is a bit tricky to review in light of how derivative it is. There's n...