A Crime So Monstrous

I'm rounding this up to 4 stars from 3.5. While it's important to his ultimate point, I felt like the author spent too much time on the character study of American politicians. At the end of the book, his points on the failure of American politics to adequately address this issue were quite poignant, but I felt they would've carried as much weight without all of the personal back story of the characters involved. Skinner tells the slaves' stories carefully and skillfully, and I appreciated the interjections of his dark sense of humor now and again (e.g. his describing Ceaușescu's ghost as "perforated"). Overall, this is a good read that addresses human trafficking in a comprehensive manner (as opposed to focusing solely on the sex trade aspect of the issue).