Anatomy of a Massacre
The most chilling part of any well-written true crime book is the 20-20 hindsight that clearly reveals the developments that led to the crime-in this case, driving a truck into a Texas cafeteria, then shooting 56 people, killing 23 of them. Georges Hennard Jr. was a handsome psychopath who failed at his careers in the navy and merchant marine, thought the police and FBI were following him, and believed women banded together and plotted against him and whose obsession with a family in his neighborhood reflected his growing instability. The authors' backgrounds in writing for TV and movies is obvious in the way the story flows. Images are graphic without being sensational, and the writing is filled with enough detail to make victims, police, and perpetrator very real. An excellent postmortem on the worst mass killing in this country's history.Christine Moesch, Buffalo & Erie Cty. P.L., N.Y.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.