My girlfriend gave me this book saying you have to read this it's a gem. Strange because her usual reading taste is light romance. We are both a couple of years older than Dan Mcquade who states he is 23, and like him we knew very little about JFK because it was long before our time. Now thanks to Dan we are almost experts on the subject. The thing I love about this guy is he doesn't know the meaning of or how to be "P.C". As a boxer/cage fighter he is washed up, he swears and drinks too much and his relationship with Della his girlfriend is volatile. His real love is his pet Macaw and his sports car. The first fly's away the second get smashed. The truth is I think he's a lonely loner. The characters are superb you feel as though you're in the room talking with them. Barney the tailor, Guy the diplomat, Bridie the barmaid, Dandy of Soho Sebastian Horsley, Zain the poem quoting rickshaw driver, all deserve a book of their own. I found the facts about Dorothy Kilgallen and singer Johnnie Ray fascinating they were both super stars of their day but new to me, and the reason for JFK's murder being executive order 11110 is a new and interesting slant. A totally original book, please Mr McQuade let's have more of the same