http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/midnight-in-peking-the-corpse-wore-diamonds/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Thu, 16 May 2013 19:28:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/midnight-in-peking-the-corpse-wore-diamonds/#comment-8762 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 03:54:59 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=23987#comment-8762 Just to clarify: I questioned whether this book is nonfiction in the usual sense (rather than saying it can’t be classified as such). A fuller explanation of the source notes might persuade me that it deserves its billing as “history” on the copyright page, But, among other problems with the book, the end notes are so inadequate as to make it difficult to accept that categorization.

]]> http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/midnight-in-peking-the-corpse-wore-diamonds/#comment-8759 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:02:21 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=23987#comment-8759 I do concur with your view that this book cannot be classified as non-fiction. I am related to one of the main characters and frankly the author … promote[s] his agenda of the “cover-up by pompous people in authority” I am wondering how it is possible that throughout the book he attributes thoughts and emotions to most of the characters, with no sources. The age of the victim changes throughout the story. It is also miraculous that Werner was able to get an “eye witness” report from an illiterate, drug addicted rickshaw driver two years after the event- and that the author is content to accept that report. Thank you for your refreshingly objective review.

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