Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story

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Rob Ford's drug and alcohol-fuelled antics made world headlines and engulfed a city in unprecedented controversy. Reporter Robyn Doolittle was one of three journalists to view the video of Ford appearing to smoke crack cocaine. Her dogged pursuit of the story uncovered disturbing details about the mayor’s past and shone a light on the history of substance abuse and criminal behaviour that has beset the Fords, one of the most ambitious families in Canada.

After Doolittle helped break news of a second crack video, Ford entered rehab. Stripped of his mayoral powers, he nevertheless ran for mayor in the October 2014 election.

Updated with new material, Crazy Town is a page-turning and insightful portrait of a troubled man, a formidable family, and a city caught in a jaw-dropping scandal.
Rob Ford's drug and alcohol-fuelled antics made world headlines and engulfed a city in unprecedented controversy. Reporter Robyn Doolittle was one of three journalists to view the video of Ford appearing to smoke crack cocaine. Her dogged pursuit of the story uncovered disturbing details about th...

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Layla Ferreira
March 14, 2014
We shouldn't judge. God judges in the end. No one should just look at his wrongs because its in the public eye. He's the only one who actually acknowledges his wrong doings, unlike these other corrupted politicans. As a Torontonian, I couldn't care less what he smokes and what he puts in his mouth. As long as he keeps taxes Iow, and important issues being approved by city hall then I will stand by him. He keeps my house running for my kids then these other politicans who want to up the property tax and steal my money for their personal issues. In the end in my opinion every politician in their lifetime smoked pot, are alcoholics and have done other drugs. UNDER THE TABLE and locked in a vault and pay people to not say a word. With our tax money. Sorry
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Victor Biro
February 12, 2014
Regardless of what Robyn Doolittle wrote in this book, the long-standing feud between the Fords and The Toronto Star guaranteed that there would be those that accused the author of bias. As a result there seemed to be a great deal of emphasis by Doolittle on painting a context for the stories that appeared in The Star. Doolittle seems to go to pains to be balanced in her approach to Ford the man, or the family, as opposed to the politician. For example, she freely admits that Ford has been effective in achieving his stated objectives, and campaign promises. She also states that if that were the only criterion that people were evaluating him as mayor, then he has been very successful. Having said that, Rob Ford is not just his political record, and Doolittle's work paints the picture of how this other side of him has shot him to international infamy. It is natural that people will buy and read this book to read about the train-wreck that he has become, but Doolittle seems to have forgone the salacious in favour of focusing on how that information came to light. This book is an important appendix to the newspaper stories that isn't possible in that medium.
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Stone Macckie
March 8, 2014
No life so you gotta pry into another's. Author go away and never come back. Poor way to retaliate because he was right and you were wrong!!!!
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About the author

Robyn Doolittle is an award-winning journalist and author. She is The Globe and Mail's corporate law reporter, and a former long-time member of the newspaper's investigative team. She began her career at the Toronto Star, covering crime and later municipal politics. She is the author of two books, Had It Coming: What’s Fair In The Age of #MeToo?, which was shortlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize for non-fiction, and Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story, both of which were national bestsellers.
Robyn Doolittle is an award-winning journalist and author. She is The Globe and Mail's corporate law reporter, and a former long-time member of the newspaper's investigative team. She began her career at the Toronto Star, covering crime and later municipal politics. She is the author of two books...

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