A Hundred Little Hitlers, by Elinor Langer, is a nonfiction book that reads almost like a Law and Order episode. Actually, to be fair, there was an episode of L&O that I believe was "ripped from" this particular story. Nonetheless, it's a gripping account of the murder in 1989 of Mulugeta Seraw in Portland and the eventual trial of Tom Metzger, who, adding to the drama, represented himself at trial.
It's not incredibly revolutionary as a tome, and Langer, a writer for The Nation periodically seems snowed by Metzger, which is weird, but overall it's an educational book, especially when it comes to the complicated politics of race in the Pacific Northwest.
Posted by waking slow at October 29, 2005 05:22 PM