| Zodiac by Robert Graysmith |
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| Written by Darren Ho | |||
The story of the Zodiac killer is a fascinating one.
Mr. Graysmith seems to have been a diligent and thorough researcher and may also be a talented cartoonist. Unfortunately, he's no writer. The text switches back and forth between clumsy, overwrought purple-ness and dry, just-the-facts recitation. Worse, it's full of grammatical howlers that I was surprised to see make it into a final published text. I was also unhappy with the quality of the edition itself, which is the paperback movie tie-in one. The printing is blurry and too fine for comfortable reading and slopes this way and that across different pages. Still, I read it cover to cover and wasn't sorry when I was finished.
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The story of how Robert Graysmith, a political cartoonist on the staff of the SF Chronicle at the time of the Zodiac murders, became obsessed with discovering the killer's true identity is also fascinating.
