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Actually, the book is hilarious, Nov 22 2003
This review is from: Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy (Paperback)
If you want a good laugh, this is the book for you. My favorite
bit of nonsense is about the "unbrella man" who supposedly
opened and closed his umbrella to signal a gang of assassinations (apparently they all shared the same rifle) that
Kennedy was coming. The idea that someone would need a man with an umbrella to open and shut it as Kennedy's limousine went by
in order to tell assassins that "that's your target" is so preposterous I had to share it with my friends. We had a very very good laugh. Marr's other non-sense is about those "mysterious deaths," that not only aren't mysterious but
involve people that had nothing to do with the assassination.
Gerlad Posner lists them at theend of his new addition and it makes for more chuckles. Marrs has produced a masterpiece of flim flam, in an area long known for absurd logic - I still remember the "puff of smoke" on the grassy knoll decades ago and
wondering how (and why!) any sniper could find non-smokeless ammo in 1963. I don't think thay had that in WWI. Marrs is sliced and diced in Gerald Posner's Case Closed. Buy that book and learn something. This book's a waste of money, except for its unintentional humor.
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