The Abduction

The Abduction by Mark Gimenez, my first one by him. Quite an engrossing and thrilling book of an abduction of a school girl with links going back to the Vietnam war, politics, bullying, neo Nazis, FBI. Mark takes the story on several levels but stays in contention with his narrative. Good book for those looking for a fast fiction. Goodreads review 5/5

J. Edgar

J. Edgar - a 2011 biopic of the most controversial first director of FBI, J. Edgar Hoover and its director until his death in 1972. The film details all the dirty tricks he has done during his tenure and depicts his megalomaniac streak, his homosexuality, cross dressing, private files on top politicians like Richard Nixon etc. The secret files on Nixon and others were ostensibly destroyed by his long time secretary. The main lead brilliantly played by Leonardo Caprio and the female secretary played by Naomi Watts were brilliant. This is a brilliant hard hitting biopic directed by Clint Eastwood and does not depict Hoover in good light at all. Wonder why we don't get such hard hitting biopics against our political netas here or are the producers/ directors scared of the retribution!!