O Animal Mais Perigoso de Todos - The Library of the Uncommons

Paperback

Published June 25, 2016 by BERTRAND DO BRASIL - GRUPO RECORD.

ISBN:: 978-85-286-2063-4

(1 review)

"An explosive and historic book of true crime and an emotionally powerful and revelatory memoir of a man whose ten-year search for his biological father leads to a chilling discovery: His father is one of the most notorious--and still at large--serial killers in America. Soon after his birth mother contacted him for the first time at the age of thirty-nine, adoptee Gary L. Stewart decided to search for his biological father. It was a quest that would lead him to a horrifying truth and force him to reconsider everything he thought he knew about himself and his world. Written with award-winning author and journalist Susan D. Mustafa, The Most Dangerous Animal of All tells the story of Stewart's decade-long search for his father following a complex trail of startling twists and connections. Combing through government records and news reports and through conversations with his father's relatives and friends, Stewart turns …

"An explosive and historic book of true crime and an emotionally powerful and revelatory memoir of a man whose ten-year search for his biological father leads to a chilling discovery: His father is one of the most notorious--and still at large--serial killers in America. Soon after his birth mother contacted him for the first time at the age of thirty-nine, adoptee Gary L. Stewart decided to search for his biological father. It was a quest that would lead him to a horrifying truth and force him to reconsider everything he thought he knew about himself and his world. Written with award-winning author and journalist Susan D. Mustafa, The Most Dangerous Animal of All tells the story of Stewart's decade-long search for his father following a complex trail of startling twists and connections. Combing through government records and news reports and through conversations with his father's relatives and friends, Stewart turns up a host of clues, including forensic evidence, identifying his father as one of the most infamous and still-wanted serial killers in American history"--Publisher description.

In this gripping narrative, an award-winning author and journalist tells the story of a 39-year-old adoptee who discovered that his birth father is one of the most infamous and still-wanted serial killers in American history, forcing him to reconsider everything he thought he knew about himself and his world.

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Cheri reviewed The most dangerous animal of all by Gary L. Stewart

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2 stars

1.5 stars rounded up mostly because I don't want to give it one star...

There's a lot to complain about with this audio book. The author reads it and he speaks soooo sloooowly that it was too much for me to take. Ended up speeding the narration up to 2.5x the normal. Still ended up fast forwarding through some bits that had absolutely nothing to do with anything - like his adoptive father needing help getting dressed for his wedding anniversary because he's color blind.

If you're looking for a book about a serial killer being uncovered, skip this one. If you're looking for a book filled with lots of meaningless retellings of boring conversations - supposedly told word for word like a transcript - circumstantial evidence that was quickly and, from what I can tell, easily debunked, and mentions of other murders and notorious people from the late 60s …

1.5 stars rounded up mostly because I don't want to give it one star...

There's a lot to complain about with this audio book. The author reads it and he speaks soooo sloooowly that it was too much for me to take. Ended up speeding the narration up to 2.5x the normal. Still ended up fast forwarding through some bits that had absolutely nothing to do with anything - like his adoptive father needing help getting dressed for his wedding anniversary because he's color blind.

If you're looking for a book about a serial killer being uncovered, skip this one. If you're looking for a book filled with lots of meaningless retellings of boring conversations - supposedly told word for word like a transcript - circumstantial evidence that was quickly and, from what I can tell, easily debunked, and mentions of other murders and notorious people from the late 60s and early 70s, then this is the book for you.

Honestly, if you have a sincere interest in the Zodiac killer or true crime in general, this book will likely make you more mad and annoyed than anything else.