Casing the Promised Land [Hardcover]

Caleb Carr (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 265 pages
• Publisher: Harpercollins; 1st edition (June 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060107073
• ISBN-13: 978-0060107079
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #761,192 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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121 of 123 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars self-criticism, December 15, 1999

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caleb carr (New York City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Casing the Promised Land (Hardcover)

I am the author of this book. It has a few good scenes, but is essentially "roman a clef" nonsense that every writer has to get out of his system early on. Do yourself a favor and read ANYTHING else I've written (you'll be doing me a favor, too). Forgive the follies of youth.

24 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What?!?!?!?!, February 8, 1998

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[e-mail] (Plymouth, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Casing the Promised Land (Hardcover)

After reading The Alienist, I thought "Why not see what else this guy's written?" Should've known better. All I can say is thank God he waited 14 years to write another book!!! (Must've been taking classes....) Couldn't really make it past the first chapter. The charcters were, well, thinly veiled real people. He should have just called the "hero" Caleb... Sorry, Caleb, loved everything else, even the history books, but this is simply unforgivable!