Detroit: An American Autopsy by Charlie LeDuffMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book displays a personal story of despair and misery played out in the neighborhoods of inner city Detroit. The author lays out the darkness in his life which parallels the darkness in the lives of the people featured in this book. Tales of corruption, murder, and deceit sound like fiction but as many of us know are pure truth. LeDuff has a welcome frankness in his storytelling that is needed when speaking of Detroit. I am not sure how someone who hasn't spent any time within the Detroit city limits will take to this book but I loved it. While I found the book to be a little too dark, I can understand where the tone came from because of LeDuff's personal story. It's hard to see all the light that comes out of the people of Detroit when all you have seen are the murder and mayhem brought on by the people of Detroit. Detroit is not hopeless...that should be the take away from this book, but I'm not sure that was the intent of the author. Still a good read.
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