Yet another excellent book by Jon Krakauer, chronicling the life of Pat Tillman, his life and the circumstances surrounding his death on tour in Afghanistan. I'm admittedly a big fan of Krakauer, as I think his narrative talent is unparalleled, and I imagine he is a pretty personable guy, as I find each of his interviews quite candid with the people involved in the events he writes about, offering interesting insights and touching upon deeper philisophical questions.

This was also yet another book that left me furious with the Bush Administration; just one more example of the politicization of every event, their inablilty to accurately portray reality, and the punting of bad news until it hurts them less. Postponing a robust investigation into Tillman's death and covering it up until a week after the 2004 election was roughly equivalent to reducing Fallujah to dust 2 days after the 2004 election. Disgusting.

Along a more strange line, I found this was the second book I've read in a row where the brain of the biographical subject was stolen and is disputed over post-mortem. Maybe I'll read a biography of Ted Williams next...