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Full disclosure/name drop: my husband worked with the author (not a the Washington Post) around when this was published.
Overall, Castañeda's time at the Post covered a fascinating inflection point for DC and as a local who arrived in 2007 I appreciated the deep dive into DC's not too distant past.
I raced through the first part of the book and found myself slowing down right around the middle. Castañeda's addiction peaks fairly early for a book that heavily promotes the duel life of an addict a ...more
Overall, Castañeda's time at the Post covered a fascinating inflection point for DC and as a local who arrived in 2007 I appreciated the deep dive into DC's not too distant past.
I raced through the first part of the book and found myself slowing down right around the middle. Castañeda's addiction peaks fairly early for a book that heavily promotes the duel life of an addict a ...more
Must read for anyone interested in DC.
A very tight first two thirds of this book gives way to a more meandering tail end, but the dual personal and political angles kept me intrigued. I now work on the block where Mr. Castaneda used to cop crack, so IDing spots I see every day in his story was a peculiar, strange thrill. I read the book fairly briskly, but the frankensteined composition of the last 100 or so pages (it reads like a portfolio. A really GOOD portfolio, but fragmented) and the weak conclusion robs it of a star.
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