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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
It is a great book, as long as you remember that much of it is conjecture pieced together from a handful of eyewitness accounts after McCandless abandoned his car, and from a few physical clues where his body was found Alaska. Krakauer creates what I like to call near non-fiction. Just like Junger did with the Andrea Gail in The Perfect Storm. There's nothing wrong with that at all. I just think it's important to keep it in mind when reading. 
Into Thin Air is another book of his that's great. It tells of a tragic Mount Everest Expedition that Krakauer himself was actually a member of.
He's excellent at what he does, but I just don't take his words as "gospel truth" (which is not meant to be as critical as it may sound). |
Hmmm - actually I was thinking this was a novel "based on a true story" which I thought would be a blindingly good read - if written well of course. However, if it's actually released as a non-fiction style, then I'm not quite as interested. But you never know.