Scoundrel: The True Story of the Murderer Who Charmed His Way to Fame and Freedom

Name: Scoundrel: The True Story of the Murderer Who Charmed His Way to Fame and Freedom
Brand: Ecco Press
SKU: 0062899775
Price: 1285 INR
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780062899774

Paperback

07 Feb, 2023

By Sarah Weinman (Author)

A Recommended Read from: The Los Angeles Times * Town and Country * The Seattle Times * Publishers Weekly * Lit Hub * Crime Reads * AlmaFrom the author of ...

International Edition

Ships within 15-17 Business Days

New

~~₹ 1530~~
₹ 1285

BRAND NEW - Item in perfectly NEW condition.

Used

GOOD CONDITION - Used book in GOOD - READABLE condition. The books may contain markings, highlightings and wear due to previous usage. The book is in overall good condition. Great Deal !!!

Cancellation Policy

Shipping Policy

Return Policy

ISBN-10:

0062899775

ISBN-13:

9780062899774

Publisher

Ecco Press

No.of Pages

464

Dimensions

8 X 5.3 X 1.3 inches

Description

A Recommended Read from: The Los Angeles Times * Town and Country * The Seattle Times * Publishers Weekly * Lit Hub * Crime Reads * Alma

From the author of The Real Lolita and editor of Unspeakable Acts, the astonishing story of a murderer who conned the people around him--including conservative thinker William F. Buckley--into helping set him free

In the 1960s, Edgar Smith, in prison and sentenced to death for the murder of teenager Victoria Zielinski, struck up a correspondence with William F. Buckley, the founder of National Review. Buckley, who refused to believe that a man who supported the neoconservative movement could have committed such a heinous crime, began to advocate not only for Smith's life to be spared but also for his sentence to be overturned.

So begins a bizarre and tragic tale of mid-century America. Sarah Weinman's Scoundrel leads us through the twists of fate and fortune that brought Smith to freedom, book deals, fame, and eventually to attempting murder again. In Smith, Weinman has uncovered a psychopath who slipped his way into public acclaim and acceptance before crashing down to earth once again.

From the people Smith deceived--Buckley, the book editor who published his work, friends from back home, and the women who loved him--to Americans who were willing to buy into his lies, Weinman explores who in our world is accorded innocence, and how the public becomes complicit in the stories we tell one another.

Scoundrel shows, with clear eyes and sympathy for all those who entered Smith's orbit, how and why he was able to manipulate, obfuscate, and make a mockery of both well-meaning people and the American criminal justice system. It tells a forgotten part of American history at the nexus of justice, prison reform, and civil rights, and exposes how one man's ill-conceived plan to set another man free came at the great expense of Edgar Smith's victims.

Product Details

ISBN-10

: 0062899775

ISBN-13

: 9780062899774

Publisher

: Ecco Press

Publication date

: 07 Feb, 2023

About the Author

Sarah Weinman -

Sarah Weinman is the author of Scoundrel and The Real Lolita and the editor, most recently, of Unspeakable Acts: True Tales of Crime, Murder, Deceit & Obsession. She was a 2020 National Magazine Award finalist for reporting and a Calderwood Journalism Fellow at MacDowell, and her work has appeared in New York magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, and the Washington Post. Weinman writes the crime column for the New York Times Book Review and lives in New York City and Northampton, MA.