As with the book on Poulsen, Littman presents the story in keeping with the ideals of journalism. The book essentially has three portions. The first section covers Mitnick's life in L.A. before his flight underground. This section is informed by Littman's interviews with Mitnick, but has the flavor of background information. The second, and largest, section covers the contact between Mitnick and Littman during Kevin's life as a fugitive.
Supplemental material is provided by old fashioned journalistic investigation.
This section includes a detailed account of the uneasy relationship that developes between Markoff and Littman. It provides an excellent journalistic and fairly high quality legal analysis of the arrest and post-arrest hype. Another journalist details the life and crimes of a hacker. What distinguishes this book from others in the genre is that Mr. Littman does credit to a journalist's ethics. This may be the book best suited to criminal justice oriented readers.