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12 Years a Slave (2013)

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It is 1841, and Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor in a gripping performance), an accomplished, free citizen of New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Stripped of his identity and deprived of all dignity, Northup is ultimately purchased by ruthless plantation owner Edwin Epps (Michael Fassbender) and must find the strength within to survive. Filled with powerful performances by an astonishing cast that includes Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad Pitt and newcomer Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years A Slave is both an unflinching account of slavery in American history and a celebration of the indomitable power of hope.

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Rated 5 stars
If you liked the movie...

Though I am not in law enforcement, I am cetain that this must be a very accurate portayal of the work of a police detective (or DEA or FBI agent, etc). I found it to be fascinating and a page turner. I could see how some might find it boring through the middle half of the book because it involes many episodes of sitting and watching suspects and tailing the same suspects endlessly on foot or in cars. I think young CSI fans...

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Rated 4 stars
Elaborate + Dry + It reveals how hard it is to be police detectives

Eighty percent of the 260 pages of this book describe the daily surveillance police made on the drug importers. It includes watching what they were doing in their business locations, the restaurants and bars they visited, etc. Tailing their cars everyday is also part of the job. The book is full of details like how the detectives felt while sitting in their cars for hours, what they talked to each other, etc. It reveals...

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Rated 5 stars
Fascinating

Well, I read this book at the age of 15, when it was first published in 1969. I loved it. Tho frankly I'd have to read it again to do any kind of real review. So I'm going to copy an outside blurp."As a result of his second tour in Vietnam Robin Moore became concerned about the wide spread use among soldiers of narcotics, particularly opium and its derivative, heroin. He contacted friends in the New York Police Department...

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Rated 5 stars
great detective story

I haven't even finished half of this book and now I am ready to review it. What a fantastic detective story. I dont live in NYC and wouldn't want to either but I can almost sense what it would be like. The author gives great geographical descriptions and also intense character descriptions which is what makes this book/story to me a good read. I literally lost interest in other things and read this book cover...

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Rated 5 stars
How Narcotics Detectives broke up a Mafia Drug Ring

Robin Moore writes a stunning novel that illustrates the fundementals of good detective work. Egan and Grosso are two Narcotics Detectives who track a mafia drug dealer, but they don't know that the mob is also part of a bigger drug ring with french dealers, who smuggle drugs over from France under the innocant cover of a famous French T.V. star. The Final bust is brilliant. A rcommended read for anyone who likes a classic...

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