Jeffrey B. Livingston

One of the BEST OF THE YEAR

Revisado: 09-28-24

A subject I thought I knew made fresh, relevant and finally accurate. I'm certain this is one I will return to again and again .

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Magnificent Book

Revisado: 09-18-24

This is an important story, masterfully told. I knew much of the history recounted but I had never filtered it through the story of the Black press.

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doesn't end so much as stop

Revisado: 01-03-21

excellent reading of pretty good storytelling at least until.the abrupt and artlessly cliffhanging ending. Much credit to the narrator and producer. The author should be ashamed, even if some editor made him do this.

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Warning: Doesnt end. Just stops!

Revisado: 08-25-19

Do yourself a favor and wait to buy this until the next book comes out. The ending mascarades as a cliff-hanger but feels more like a deadline was looming so he just stopped writing and hit send. It is beautifully written and masterfully narrated. But, the ending is a beyrayal of loyal readers/ listeners.

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Apologia for MBS

Revisado: 07-20-19

Silva's novels are all 3 parts fun and adventure to one part political screed. (A few of them get the ratio wrong.) To use the screed part of this one to try to rehabilitate the murderous dictator of Saudi Arabia is to make this the Alon novel most will wish had not existed.

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Why choose a reader with ZERO Spanish?

Revisado: 07-04-19

The story is fascinating and the writing is very clear. The performance would have been improved 100 percent by 15 minutes of pronunciation coaching by a 14yo high school freshman in Spanish I. I don't expect perfection. But, this was ridiculous and worse, distracting.

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Worst Editing I've Ever Heard

Revisado: 02-05-19

The content of the book is so strong as to overcome the shamefully slipshod editing. the narrators draft segments appear as though they were a part of the narrative followed by the intended segments throughout.This culminates in two readings of the afterword.

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Radio Play Not an Audiobook.

Revisado: 11-18-18

Beware that this is one of those large cast radioplays that wishes it were a movie. If, like me, you prefer a single narrator, don't waste your tokens or your time. Maybe we will get lucky and they will release an audiobook version, some day .

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More Prose Than Politics In This One!

Revisado: 07-31-18

Silva has gone back to writing action-driven narratives with pro-Netanyahu politics on the side, rather than the reverse. It was a welcome return.

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More History Less Political Commentary Please

Revisado: 04-14-18

Like too much of Ferguson's recent work, this book can't resist trite political commentary to the detriment of a really interesting and important subject. One minute , I'm engrossed in a reasoned and interesting treatment of the history of hierarchy and network. The next, it's "Because it has more words than the Magna Carta, Dodd Frank is the end of representative government and the rise of the administrative state." Eventually, the scholarship stops being worth the trouble of digging through the soundbites.

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