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Evening's Empire: The Story of My Father's Murder
When he was just six years old, Zachary Lazar's father, Edward, was shot dead by hit men in a Phoenix, Arizona parking garage. The year was 1975, a time when, according to the Arizona Republic, "land-fraud artists roamed the state in sharp suits, gouging money from buyers and investors." How did his father fit into this world and how could his son ever truly understand the...more
Hardcover, 240 pages
Published
November 9th 2009
by Little, Brown and Company
(first published November 8th 2009)
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ISBN 0316037680 - Simply as a human being, it's easy to understand what would motivate someone to write a book like this. A parent who died when you were a child is a loss you're going to feel forever; for that parent to have been taken from you by violence has to leave a hole and a lot of questions, especially for a young child who was probably shielded from the details at the time.
Ed Lazar's murder in the 1970s is only the end of hard-to-understand events. Described as a fun-loving, quiet fam...more
Ed Lazar's murder in the 1970s is only the end of hard-to-understand events. Described as a fun-loving, quiet fam...more
This book was a fascinating read for me since I remember when Ed Lazar's murder occurred in Phoenix, and am familiar with many of the local characters in the story. However, even though I think the author is a good writer, I did not care for the intermittent use of first and third person. I found it confusing. While this is a true crime story, I found it strange that the author would presume to write about thoughts in the characters' minds when the story took place over 30 years ago. Compelling,...more
Would have actually given this 3 1/2 stars if I could. Very, very atmospheric and interesting story and a great writer. It lost me a few times though...
I couldn't finish it. How is this labeled nonfiction? The first 10 or so pages are a faithful nonfiction setting of the stage... Then Lazar starts talking about how his father couldn't get used to a March evening being 70 degrees, and how his girlfriend Ruth was on his mind. Nice writing, but it's fiction. And to me, incredibly irritating.
bizarre story, don't think I would have finished the book if we didn't live near phoenix. Phoenix history was somewhat interesting.
good book but not the most interesting subject matter to me
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