David Gallen

This book is divided into 3 sections. The first is various "oral remembrances" from those who knew him in some capacity. I liked this, it was nice to hear others' accounts of the man behind the angry media persona, nice to hear how much of a family man he was and how quiet-spoken and polite he was outside the public media presentation. The second section is a selection of interviews he did spread over the years. I imagine this is to give a bit of substance to what people are talking about that he stood for, and how his perceptions shifted over time as he experienced more of the world. However, I read the Autobiography years ago and so already knew what he stood for and how his eyes opened, so I found reading the interviews a bit tedious. In the third section six people speak about the man they knew versus the myth the world saw, the mission he was on, reactions to his death, and the theories around the killers. This section was also good, though some was a little dry. Overall, I give it 4 stars. It was nice to "hear from" the people who actually knew him and were close with him, and see their fond feelings for him expressed. But parts of the text were a little dry, I just wasn't feeling certain bits so much.… (mehr)