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Devil's Garden (2009)

by Ace Atkins(Favorite Author)

3.33 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0399155368 (ISBN13: 9780399155369)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Putnam Adult

review 1: Excellent! Fascinating historical account of how Fatty Arbuckle was framed for murder & tried 3 times before finally being found not guilty. He was accused of squishing a woman to death while raping her. He was framed by billionaire William Randolf Hearst because Fatty had once been intimate with Hearst's movie star girlfriend. Although Fatty was found innocent, he was blackballed from show business for the rest of his life. The narrator of this story is Dashiell Hammett, a Pinkerton agent, who goes on to become a famous detective writer (the Maltese Falcon, Sam Spade).
review 2: I am an Ace Atkins fan. This accounting of the Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle case and first trial, as told by Sam (Dashiell) Hammett, who was, at the time, a Pinkerton Detective involv... moreed in the defense, and William R. Hearst's involvement with the death and it's consequences was absolutely fascinating. Who knew that "celebrities" were as tacky in the late teens and early 20's as they are reported to be now? less

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