I am not much of a fan of non-fiction reading. I picked up this book in response to my reading The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsythe. What i discovered was not a story of the cold blooded, impeccable Englishman. Rather I found his antithesis, an often bumbling, proud, gaudy, woman chasing latino that only survived to middle age by a series of lucky breaks. The book is great as it leads you through Yallop's search for the true story. he checks his facts from so many and so varied sources that it is absolutely amazing.