RaveThe Dallas Morning NewsThe story exposes a truly shameful case of exploitation and dehumanization. But Barry sets it in the context of America’s changing attitudes toward those with special needs ... Barry weaves poignant stories of the men’s lives with the larger tale of society’s changing views and policies toward the intellectually disabled. The three dozen men Barry writes about are oblivious to those changes. It’s as if their world stopped in 1966 ... But the true revelatory power of the book comes as we get to know these men. To learn their names and their stories.
Timothy Egan
RaveThe Dallas Morning News...stirring and magnificent...Egan combines deep reporting with masterful storytelling to chronicle this bigger-than-life figure. In the last chapter, he uses his reporting skills to bring new evidence to explain how Meagher died, which has always been surrounded by mystery.
