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Summary: thought-provoking, balanced, well-researched, and SCARY
Review: OK, first and foremost, you're probably wondering if this book is worth reading at all, since the authors--Ian Halperin & Max Wallace--have written a sequel of sorts: "Love and Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain."
My answer to that question is an unqualified "YES." This book is almost essential to truly appreciating "Love & Death," by seeing how far the authors have progressed in their research and reasoning. There are characters and threads that were not fully developed in this book, but offer intriguing clues and possibilities to whether a crime has in fact taken place. There's an unscrupulous police captain and an unco-operative coroner who are both mentioned in this book as hindering the case. Wallace & Halperin don't have all the evidence here in 1998 to indict these two, and they are treated fairly, if with some degree of suspicion. By 2004, however, and the publication of "Love & Death," the circumstances for these two men have changed CONSIDERABLY. Accusations are finally levied and suspicions are realized, and it's quite shocking how much their fortunes have changed (you'll have to read the new book to find out what happened). But you really need to READ THIS BOOK, to fully appreciate how finely tuned the authors' sensibilities must have been to pick up on this thread of corruption. In reading both this book and then its followup, one truly appreciates how cautious and careful the authors have been in laying out all the available evidence for BOTH SIDES of the argument: Kurt was murdered VS. Kurt committed suicide.
And despite what some reviewers claim (and despite the name of the book), this book does NOT claim that Kurt was murdered. Instead, it presents some possible suspects and motivations for murdering Kurt, and merely lays out the evidence for the reader to decide. It's judicious exploration of all aspects of the case in 1998 truly makes one better appreciate the fact that it took the authors another SIX years to become fully convinced that Kurt was murdered. Tom Grant in this book is treated with a high degree of skepticism, mostly because he refuses to reveal some of the evidence he has collected. Rest assured, some of that VERY shocking evidence is revealed in the followup, but one also comes to realize why Grant was so cautious in the first place making this book indispensible.
This book also provides a lot of more of the background story than the followup, probably because by the time of "Love & Death" the accumulation of evidence necessitated skipping a lot of the biography. If you want a good introduction to both Kurt and Courtney, this book is an excellent place to start, and certainly does a better job than the sequel in exploring the life stories of these two fascinating characters. A lot of this probably has to do with the fact that both of their troubled upbringings had to be fully explored in order to substantiate both sides of the argument, murder or suicide. By 2004, when the evidence firmly points to murder (and I mean DEFINITIVELY) there is less reason to explore some of the background stories, since the forensic evidence and eyewitness testimony has become so much more important.
Admittedly, if you only have the money, time, or inclination to read ONE book on the murder of Kurt Cobain, then you should certainly devote those resources to "Love & Death." But for those interested in the subject, then "Who Murdered Kurt Cobain?" is ideally preparatory for the chilling twists ahead.
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Summary: Murder?? Oh please
Review: Okay, so there is evidence showing that the crime scene was swept, but befor police arrived there were private investigators,friends and family sent to the Cobain residence to search for him, NOT to mention the Courtney had called the police days befor Kurt had actually died, I find it hard to believe that Courtney who was in Los Angeles at the time of the "Suicide" had commited this alleged crime. I mean if anyone knew anything about Kurts life they would have known that Kurt didnt want Divorce, he said flat out numerous times " I would rather die then go through another divorce", Courtney organized interventions numerous times and was trying to stay clean. Kurt Cobain who was an amazing Musician,Father,Poet and friend to most.. did have major issues within himself, suicide?? uhh only mentioned in every interview the last 3 years of his life.
I mean its always fun to have speculation and listen to silly rumours about people knocking each other off but realisticly this book is nothing but that "Speculation".
Courtney Love is well lets say not the most loved woman in Rock and Roll, and to think just because she is famous the police would over look things is obsurd, if anything they would want to try harder to get her locked up.
This book is not worth reading unless you have a thrill for rumor.
I give this book a 0/10
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Summary: Interesting........
Review: Some things which need pointing out before you read this book...Kurt Cobain had 3 times the lethal dose of heroin (225 mgs) in his blood system. There were NO fingerprints on the shotgun, on the pen found with the "suicide" note, or the box of shotgun shells found beside Kurt. This indicates the crime scene was "swept" clean before the body was discovered. Eldon Hoke, singer of a band called the Mentors, claimed he was offered $50,000 by Courtney to kill Kurt in December 1993. On March 6, 1996, Hoke was administered a polygraph test by Dr. Edward Gelb, who is one of the country's leading polygraph experts and teaches the advanced polygraph course for the FBI. Hoke passed a lie detector test with 99.7% certainty that he was telling the truth. There is evidence that circumstances were manipulated to prevent Kurt from using his own car and gaining access to his own money in the days leading up to his death. Someone also attempted to use his credit card up until the morning of April 8th. Medical examiners determined Cobain had died on April 5th. A little suspicious? That is just a few examples of the inconsistencies found in the SPD's investigation. You may want to check out justiceforkurt.com were there is also a rebuttals section - insuring it isn't overly biased information you are reading. There is obviously a lot more involved in this whole saga than meets the eye. WKKC is the best book that has been written about the cobain case led by Private Investigator Tom Grant, to this day. A must read!
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Summary: true true true!
Review: this book was great not only was it about all the possibilities of how courtney love couldhave murdered kurt but also had a biography of both which was better because you can understand where both came from and how they could have possibly been attrackted to each other. no stone is left unturned, no question left unanswered. these guys say the whole truth and can back up all their theories with real proof and evidence I recomend reading this book to almost any one who is interested in courtney love murder casses kurt cobain or dead rockstars
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Summary: The Truest book I have ever read
Review: This is by far one of the truest books I have ever read in my life. Kurt Cobain is my hero and he has changed my life in so many ways that you*will never understand. He was uaken from life way too soon and he will always be remembered. Courtney Love may have been able to get away with his murder for now but one day, she will be brought to justice and all of the TRUE Nirvana fans will be waiting for that day to come. I believe that even though Kurt is no longer physically with us, and Courtney may have been able to take him away, he will always be in our hearts and you can never take that from us! I strongly believe that Kurt Cobain was murdered and I strongley believe that Courtney Love had 100% to do with it all. It wouldn't take any idiot to know that. All you have to do is read the book and see all of the compelling evidence that has been found and brought up to convict her. The only problem is that no one has enough guts to stand up against her but I have a feeling that one day we will be heard and that one day she will be brought down.
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