The Usual Suspects is one of my favourite films; a friend gave me this book a few years ago and I loved it. Larsen not only gave a little history as to where the story for the film came from (a man in New Jersey killed his entire family), but was a critical analysis of the film itself and the decisions Singer and McQuarrie made in order to build the mystery of Keyser Soze. I've always loved film criticism, and this reminded me of discussions in my film studies classes in college. I can't stand reading movie reviews in the papers or online, I'd rather read in-depth anaylsis. And I try to never read a review before seeing a film.