The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City & Sparked the Tabloid Wars (Audio)
ISBN:
9780792778486 (0792778480)
Publish date: June 14th 2011
Publisher: AudioGO
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
Writing,
History,
Literature,
Mystery,
Journalism,
American History,
19th Century,
Crime,
New York,
True Crime
I think lots of people would like this book/audiobobok. Both the murder itself and what the tabloids did with this story are the two main themes. The book is non-fiction but reads as a novel. However, this is a double-edged sword. The press turned the murder/crime/trial events into pure sensationali...
I liked it well enough. I guess.
My full review: http://youtu.be/NdPmLyeYKdo
Not well organized. It was so confusing that I was forever going back to see who/what the author was talking about.Easy to put down. I read a little bit for short periods of time - not compelling enough to keep my attention. One would think that the "Murder of the Century" would keep you intrigued....
A disclaimer before I begin: I am reviewing an Advance Readers Copy of this book and I have not compared my copy to what was published.The Murder of the Century by Paul Collins is not the story of an uninteresting murder that happened in 1897. The book is about a murder that got splashed all over th...
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