The book about Jeffrey MacDonald and the murder of his family is not without controversy and detractors. Janet Malcolm's 1990 book, The Journalist and the Murderer," accused McGinniss of acting like a confidence man, pretending friendship to gain MacDonald's trust long after McGinnis had been convin...
In regards to Sarah Palin, love her~hate her, who really cares?!?! It is all based on political leanings anyway. Joe McGiniss is one of my true favorites in the area of true crime writing and, I know, I read this book to see what his writing was going to be like. First of all, he really crept me out...
Joe McGinniss is a really, really creepy guy to me (like I would not want to be alone in a room with him without someone knowing where I was), so I could see him writing this book. Enough so that I could see him being the center of one of his true crime novels. But, I have to tell you that is one o...
Despite the controversy, a fascinating book.
One of the outstanding works in the true crime genre. McGinniss really got to know his subject well. There's just something extra evil about people who try to frame someone else for their crimes.
I was reminded of this book recently when it was mentioned in a recent Times Book Review article on campaign books. Read it years ago and it was terrific. Unlike the standard campaign book invented by Theodore White (I devoured all of those books) McGinnis focused on how candidates were marketed. I ...
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