Thomas's review
The Last Undercover: The True Story of an FBI Agent's Dangerous Dance with Evil by Bob Hamer
Hamer vividly describes the job of an undercover agent. He takes the reader through a host of assignments, illustrating the preparations, the dangers, the disappointments and the triumphs of the job. By the final pages, the reader feels as though he/she has personally experienced undercover work and dealt with the personalities on both sides of the law.
There are some elements that bothered me, however. The description of Hamer's efforts to reveal criminal behavior within an organization of adult male boy-lovers might not have been so objectionable if it hadn't been made into the central theme of the book. I found much of Hamer's recurring, frank, boy-lover discussion offensive. About halfway through the book, offense gave way to boredom.
Hamer spends the book repeatedly popping back and forth between the boy-lovers investigation and his other work. There is little rationale for all that popping around, and it gets annoying, particularly in areas when the other work is far more i...more
There are some elements that bothered me, however. The description of Hamer's efforts to reveal criminal behavior within an organization of adult male boy-lovers might not have been so objectionable if it hadn't been made into the central theme of the book. I found much of Hamer's recurring, frank, boy-lover discussion offensive. About halfway through the book, offense gave way to boredom.
Hamer spends the book repeatedly popping back and forth between the boy-lovers investigation and his other work. There is little rationale for all that popping around, and it gets annoying, particularly in areas when the other work is far more i...more
