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Review by anthougo -- The FBI Inspector by Jay Dubya
[Following is a volunteer review of "The FBI Inspector" by Jay Dubya.]
In The FBI Inspector, Jay Dubya depicted the investigators as carrying out their normal routine assignments of tracking down criminals, terrorists, and anarchists. The apt clarifications which Inspector Joe Giralo, “the notorious crime-solving guru,” proffered to various cases endeared him equally to his superiors and three subordinates (Salvatore Velardi, Arthur Orsi, and Dan Blachford), and would likely do the same for prospective readers of the book. Inspector Giralo always found inspirations and insights from mundane discussions with his acolytes, some environmental observations, and other unrelated incidents. Most importantly, he never for once attributed his success to his own intelligence. Instead, he often acknowledged, with feigned authority, the contributions inspired by his subordinates in resolving complex cases and puzzles, demonstrating that leaders should not accentuate their supervisory positions to lord it over others.
Collectively, the four detectives have to solve many terrorist-connected crimes to save the American culture of freedom so much despised by some outsiders due to their own cultural biases. Terrorism and related criminalities have been on the ascendancy worldwide in recent times, springing from warped philosophies cultivated over the years. When will man’s struggle against his fellow end? Terrorism remains an act of cowardice. But, terrorism, whether home-grown or imported, is like war. It punctuates gaps in the lives of a people and must be snuffed off quickly. It is like a cankerworm which must be speedily cut out before it corrupts the whole system. No wonder, the Chief Inspector insisted that his men’s “response to developing dilemmas must be fast, decisive, and efficacious.”
For those involved in law enforcement or investigations of any kind, this book teaches useful methods to nip crimes in the bud or at worst capture the criminals after the commission to face legal justice. It opens your eyes and teaches you not to rely on sight. While observations of trends and events are essential in getting to the root of each case, from this book, one learns to expand their horizon and thinking processes. Common and irrelevant details can offer germane solutions to complex conundrums. Again, discussions with colleagues are essential, as emphasised in the book, as they may say or do something that will further deliver the required clues to acquiring workable solutions.
Another important lesson from this book is that there is a key to every battle or problem. Every available resource should then be deployed to discover the key. Individuals, organisations, and nations who are hell-bent in instigating, sponsoring, training, and acclaiming terrorism and criminalities have never been known to make any progress in all frontiers of human development and growth. At best, they stagnate. And at worst, they gradually but certainly vanish from the face of the earth. Since “they would be out to launch” shocks and pains on society, “while everyone else would be out to lunch,” they, with their collaborators, will remain like fleeing men, who are always at the mercy of their pursuing enemies. As they “trade their birth right to life, they eventually lose it all,” according to another author. Before they transform into outlaws to commit mayhems in decent societies, they should recognise diversity in life and that each individual or nation differs. To permit oneself to be destructively swayed by others is logically flawed.
Jay Dubya decided to graphically narrate these fictional stories in The FBI Inspector as if the characters were actual people, living in factual geographical places, and involved in tangible incidents. Since the author was never professionally entangled with law enforcement responsibilities, he was imaginatively very creative to have colourfully and dazzlingly produced some of these violent crimes. Although there were 25 novellas in this book, the investigating and law enforcement officers, who were the main protagonists, remained the same throughout. This ability to hold these main characters together was canny on the part of the author and made the book to look like a coherent whole.
Overall, I enjoyed reading the book. It was a page-turner. When a story ends, I wanted to read more. And the author dexterously refused to dive into political issues by weeding out court trials and proceedings, which would have provided space for political statements. Contrarily, he concentrated on portraying the professionalism with which the chief characters executed their duties. I loved this style. However, some sentences were constructed in such a manner that the reader feels the author’s intentional pomposity over his command of the English Language. For one, some sentences were too lengthy. I think such sentence constructions were not always necessary. In addition, there are many typographical errors, with many words unusually co-joined even without hyphenations, thus making them very difficult to pronounce and read easily. Throughout the book, the author deliberately and stylishly omitted separation commas from listings of items, names, and places. Some words were misplaced. For these errors, I give it a rating of 3 out of 4.
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The FBI Inspector
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In The FBI Inspector, Jay Dubya depicted the investigators as carrying out their normal routine assignments of tracking down criminals, terrorists, and anarchists. The apt clarifications which Inspector Joe Giralo, “the notorious crime-solving guru,” proffered to various cases endeared him equally to his superiors and three subordinates (Salvatore Velardi, Arthur Orsi, and Dan Blachford), and would likely do the same for prospective readers of the book. Inspector Giralo always found inspirations and insights from mundane discussions with his acolytes, some environmental observations, and other unrelated incidents. Most importantly, he never for once attributed his success to his own intelligence. Instead, he often acknowledged, with feigned authority, the contributions inspired by his subordinates in resolving complex cases and puzzles, demonstrating that leaders should not accentuate their supervisory positions to lord it over others.
Collectively, the four detectives have to solve many terrorist-connected crimes to save the American culture of freedom so much despised by some outsiders due to their own cultural biases. Terrorism and related criminalities have been on the ascendancy worldwide in recent times, springing from warped philosophies cultivated over the years. When will man’s struggle against his fellow end? Terrorism remains an act of cowardice. But, terrorism, whether home-grown or imported, is like war. It punctuates gaps in the lives of a people and must be snuffed off quickly. It is like a cankerworm which must be speedily cut out before it corrupts the whole system. No wonder, the Chief Inspector insisted that his men’s “response to developing dilemmas must be fast, decisive, and efficacious.”
For those involved in law enforcement or investigations of any kind, this book teaches useful methods to nip crimes in the bud or at worst capture the criminals after the commission to face legal justice. It opens your eyes and teaches you not to rely on sight. While observations of trends and events are essential in getting to the root of each case, from this book, one learns to expand their horizon and thinking processes. Common and irrelevant details can offer germane solutions to complex conundrums. Again, discussions with colleagues are essential, as emphasised in the book, as they may say or do something that will further deliver the required clues to acquiring workable solutions.
Another important lesson from this book is that there is a key to every battle or problem. Every available resource should then be deployed to discover the key. Individuals, organisations, and nations who are hell-bent in instigating, sponsoring, training, and acclaiming terrorism and criminalities have never been known to make any progress in all frontiers of human development and growth. At best, they stagnate. And at worst, they gradually but certainly vanish from the face of the earth. Since “they would be out to launch” shocks and pains on society, “while everyone else would be out to lunch,” they, with their collaborators, will remain like fleeing men, who are always at the mercy of their pursuing enemies. As they “trade their birth right to life, they eventually lose it all,” according to another author. Before they transform into outlaws to commit mayhems in decent societies, they should recognise diversity in life and that each individual or nation differs. To permit oneself to be destructively swayed by others is logically flawed.
Jay Dubya decided to graphically narrate these fictional stories in The FBI Inspector as if the characters were actual people, living in factual geographical places, and involved in tangible incidents. Since the author was never professionally entangled with law enforcement responsibilities, he was imaginatively very creative to have colourfully and dazzlingly produced some of these violent crimes. Although there were 25 novellas in this book, the investigating and law enforcement officers, who were the main protagonists, remained the same throughout. This ability to hold these main characters together was canny on the part of the author and made the book to look like a coherent whole.
Overall, I enjoyed reading the book. It was a page-turner. When a story ends, I wanted to read more. And the author dexterously refused to dive into political issues by weeding out court trials and proceedings, which would have provided space for political statements. Contrarily, he concentrated on portraying the professionalism with which the chief characters executed their duties. I loved this style. However, some sentences were constructed in such a manner that the reader feels the author’s intentional pomposity over his command of the English Language. For one, some sentences were too lengthy. I think such sentence constructions were not always necessary. In addition, there are many typographical errors, with many words unusually co-joined even without hyphenations, thus making them very difficult to pronounce and read easily. Throughout the book, the author deliberately and stylishly omitted separation commas from listings of items, names, and places. Some words were misplaced. For these errors, I give it a rating of 3 out of 4.
******
The FBI Inspector
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon | on iTunes | on Smashwords
Latest Review: The FBI Inspector by Jay Dubya
