True story : murder, memoir, mea culpa / Michael Finkel.

True story : murder, memoir, mea culpa / Michael Finkel.

By
Finkel, Michael.

Publication Date
2005-2006

Publication Information
New York : Harper Perennial,

Edition
1st Harper Perennial ed.

Physical Description
320 p.

Subject Term
Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
 
Journalism -- Corrupt practices -- Case studies.
 
Murderers -- Oregon -- Lincoln County.
 
Prisoners -- Oregon -- Lincoln County.
 
Child labor -- Africa, West -- Press coverage.
 
False personation -- Case studies.

Summary
With Longo insisting he can prove his innocence, Finkel strives to uncover what really happened to Longo's family, and his quest becomes less a reporting job than a psychological cat-and-mouse game -- sometimes redemptively honest, other times slyly manipulative. Finkel's pursuit pays off only at the end, when Longo, after a lifetime of deception, finally says what he wouldn't even admit in court -- the whole, true story. Or so it seems.

Language
English

ISBN
9780060580476


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
Lark Harbour (WLH)Adult BioAdult BiographyB F49Trace