Unabomber: A Desire to Kill [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Robert Graysmith (Author)

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Product Description
From bestselling author Robert Graysmith, this is the complete story of Theodore Kaczynski--Harvard graduate, mathematics professor, hermit...and subject of the longest, most expensive manhunt in FBI history. Now, with 40 additional pages of updated information, this book offers not only a fascinating profile of the killer--but a suspenseful, compelling account of the events surrounding his arrest after he eluded police for nearly 18 years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (November 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425167259
• ISBN-13: 978-0425167250
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,104,263 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you didn't understand the Unabomber, this will help, June 22, 2003

By	Kenneth D Masopust "masotulsa" (Tulsa, OK USA) - See all my reviews

Everyone seemed to know about the Unabomber. There wasn't a bigger surprise than when they found the maker of some 15 bombs was a Harvard graduate living in the woods in Montana. This book helps explain why Theodore Kaczynski had reasons for his mail bombs, why he picked his targets, and it will answer that important question, "How could a poverty-stricken man, riding a bike, living in a shack with no electricity or running water, spread fear from coast to coast, and elude the police for almost eightenn years?"

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wow-I know everything about the UNABOMBER now, January 16, 1999

By A Customer

This was a great descriptive book about the UNABOMBER'S whole life- from his successes in college, being a genius and going on to become a proffesor at Harvard as well as other highly educated universities to the components that made up his killing machines.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars interesting but could have been better, September 14, 2003

By	Alan Arcadia (Kingston, Ontario) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Unabomber : A Desire to Kill (Hardcover)

The story of the Unabomber is quite fascinating, but I feel it could have been told better. This book could have used some more aggressive editing; some of the writing is downright sloppy and it could have been told just as thoroughly using a lot fewer pages.
Here's an example of what bugs me (page 126):
Much of their squad's training is done by the FBI and the military. And so one comfort is that if a bomb squad gets "into a situation that was over your head, it's easy to call for help. You can call military -87th EOD.
Where's the editor?
The book is worth reading but, as I said, could have been better if some more time had been spent cleaning it up.