Here we go again. In reporting Holmes' The Trials of Dr. Coppolino (p. 84) we made the safe bet that there would be others soon. This covers only the New Jersey trial, which cleared Coppolino of the charge of murdering his aging ex-paramour's husband. So, Holmes' is the better book in that it covers not only the New Jersey case but Coppolino's later conviction in Florida for the murder of his wife. (In each trial the barely detectable drug succinylcholine was considered a main agent of death and evidence given about it was central to the creation in New Jersey and the suppression in Florida of reasonable doubt.) The level of writing in both books is about the same. Both are the stuff of subjective feature writing and, while MacDonald is not quite so taken by Coppolino as Holmes, he's even more puffingly praiseful of F. Lee Bailey, Coppolino's attorney in both actions. MacDonald's Foreword explains that he's attempting to give readers a front row courtroom seat. To that end, he's abstracted the highpoints from the records of the preliminary hearing in Florida, the jury selection in New Jersey, and the trial, then stitched them together with commentary on witnesses' behavior or reactions and courtroom procedures. Trial trivia moves briskly in and out of libraries, but this promises to see its greatest sale from paperback racks.
Pub Date: Sept. 6, 1968
ISBN: 0449448584
Page Count: -
Publisher: Doubleday
Review Posted Online: Sept. 30, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1968
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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BOOK REVIEW
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
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