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Final GarbAugust Notes:
Anything Goes Week
Read for Bingo Card Prompt: Gangs
Decade: 2010s
Assessment: Based on real events, but I have no idea if or where the fictional adornments come in. That said - it was fairly straightforward, with one big not that twisty twist, but - it was riveting. And a bit depressing.

This book is a novel worked from real-life events of 1992. As I was reading it, I thought of 1992, and I thought "1992 was probably the last year where there was any innocence left to lose...". But, with about 48 pages left - I think I'd have to put the last shred of innocence and decency a bit farther back. 1992 BCE, anyone?

This book is a novel worked from real-life events of 1992. As I was reading it, I thought of 1992, and I thought "1992 was probably the last year where there was any innocence left to lose...". But, with about 48 pages left - I think I'd have to put the last shred of innocence and decency a bit farther back. 1992 BCE, anyone?

To paraphrase CriminOlly, creator of the GarbAugust reading event, "There's something kind of trashy about True Crime books, isn't there?". On that basis, I am letting this book, which resists having a trashy vibe, into GarbAugust. It's based on real events back in 1992, Italy. There's also the notion that any genre fiction can be sneaked in as not quite highbrow. I need this for the Gangs Prompt - best I own.

So, this will be applied to the GarbAugust Prompt called Gangs. I was about to read an Agatha Christie book, but I realized I covered the Long-Running Series Prompt when I read Perry Rhodan (so, I'm down to 20 books left for GarbAugust). The Cosy Cat Mystery I just finished was in memory of a Booktuber, and I'll save Agatha Christie (whom she also read) for September. This is getting complicated!