The Journalist And The Murderer by Janet Malcolm

The Journalist And The Murderer by Janet Malcolm

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In 1970 Jeffrey MacDonald was accused of murdering his pregnant wife, and the journalist Joe McGinniss decided to write a book about it. Malcolm's classic investigation sheds a fascinating light on the conflict and controversy that followed, and asks whether all journalists are, ultimately, immoral.

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The Journalist And The Murderer by Janet Malcolm

'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.
One of the best journalists writing in English anywhere * Financial Times *
It is often overlooked how good a reporter Malcolm is, fearless in her questioning, ruthless in her pursuit of every last witnessThe Journalist and the Murderer is a lesson in not courting your subject too much * Guardian *
A spare and unsparing account of tragicomic human folly * The Times *
A timely reissue for Janet Malcolm's 1990 classic, which caused a storm when it was first published for its uncompromising analysis of the ethics - and otherwise - within the slippery relationship between a journalist and her subject -- Claire Allfree * Metro *
Malcolm's seminal 1990 work about the ethics of journalism is at once reportage, a scrutinising look at the practice and a cautionary tale of personal manipulation and betrayal * Big Issue *
Janet Malcolm's books include Reading Chekhov, In the Freud Archives, The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes and Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession. Born in Prague, she grew up in New York, where she now lives.
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ISBN 13 9781783784547
ISBN 10 1783784547
Titre The Journalist And The Murderer
Auteur Janet Malcolm
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Type de reliure Paperback
Éditeur Granta Books
Année de publication 2018-01-04
Nombre de pages 192
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