The Journalist And The Murderer

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by Malcolm, Janet, Jack, Ian | Biography & True Stories
Published 04/01/2018 by GRANTA BOOKS in the United Kingdom
Paperback | 192 pages

‘Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible’

In equal measure famous and infamous, Janet Malcolm’s book charts the true story of a lawsuit between Jeffrey MacDonald, a convicted murderer, and Joe McGinniss, the author of a book about the crime. Lauded as one of the Modern Libraries “100 Best Works of Nonfiction”, The Journalist and the Murderer is fascinating and controversial, a contemporary classic of reportage