And so, let me say it at the outset that the book is amusing, interesting and also entertaining. Snowden’s life is known in stories and his book should be judged on the basis of literary merits and demerits. We have to understand that Edward Snowden’s life and his autobiography are not entirely two different things however, the ways these two should be interpreted are certainly different and should be distinguished to each other. However, he can only be a just critic for his own conscience.

To understand the flow of Snowden’s story, you can say that it begins with excitement and anticipation and ends in apprehension and realisation. The second part introduces the readers to the work of Snowden (for CIA) and the guilty conscious that begins to take its toll on him. The first part introduces the readers to the man called Edward Snowden – his childhood and adolescent and then his youth. So, the question arises, is this book equally exciting as the reveals by Snowden? Did Edward Snowden do justice with his happening life in this autobiography? We will need to find this out in the course of this book review by me, Aditya Shankar, for The Last Critic. Before the Snowden episode, we seldom thought seriously about our privacy but now we do. Like me, I am sure, there should be many more who have been waiting for something to read about the life and deeds of the guy who changed the perceptions about the internet in the world. Permanent Records, perhaps one of the most famous autobiographies of the present century, by Edward Snowden has created huge anticipation among the readers.

Permanent record book review