Book
Unspeakable acts : true tales of crime, murder, deceit, and obsession / edited by Sarah Weinman ; with an introduction by Patrick Radden Keefe.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062839886 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: xix, 396 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Subject: | True crime stories. Crime writing. Crime > Case studies. |
- Baker & Taylor
Curated by the award-winning author of The Real Lolita, this anthology of recent true-crime tales includes Michelle Deanâs âDee Dee Wanted Her Daughter to Be Sickâ and Pamela Colloffâs âThe Reckoning.â Original. 150,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
Curated by the award-winning author of The Real Lolita, this anthology of recent true-crime tales includes Michelle Dean's "Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter to Be Sick" and Pamela Colloff's "The Reckoning." - HARPERCOLL
An NPR Best Book of the Year
A New York Times New & Noteworthy Book
A brilliant anthology of modern true-crime writing that illustrates the appeal of this powerful and popular genre, edited and curated by Sarah Weinman, the award-winning author of The Real Lolita
The appeal of true-crime stories has never been higher. With podcasts like My Favorite Murder and In the Dark, bestsellers like I’ll Be Gone in the Dark and Furious Hours, and TV hits like American Crime Story and Wild Wild Country, the cultural appetite for stories of real people doing terrible things is insatiable.
Acclaimed author ofThe Real Lolita and editor of Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 50s (Library of America) and Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives (Penguin), Sarah Weinman brings together an exemplary collection of recent true crime tales. She culls together some of the most refreshing and exciting contemporary journalists and chroniclers of crime working today. Michelle Dean’s “Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick” went viral when it first published and is the basis for the TV showThe Act and Pamela Colloff’s “The Reckoning,” is the gold standard for forensic journalism. There are 13 pieces in all and as a collection, they showcase writing about true crime across the broadest possible spectrum, while also reflecting what makes crime stories so transfixing and irresistible to the modern reader.
- HARPERCOLL
An NPR Best Book of the Year
A New York Times New & Noteworthy Book
A brilliant anthology of modern true-crime writing that illustrates the appeal of this powerful and popular genre, edited and curated by Sarah Weinman, the award-winning author of The Real Lolita
The appeal of true-crime stories has never been higher. With podcasts like My Favorite Murder and In the Dark, bestsellers like I'll Be Gone in the Dark and Furious Hours, and TV hits like American Crime Story and Wild Wild Country, the cultural appetite for stories of real people doing terrible things is insatiable.
Acclaimed author ofThe Real Lolita and editor of Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 50s (Library of America) and Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives (Penguin), Sarah Weinman brings together an exemplary collection of recent true crime tales. She culls together some of the most refreshing and exciting contemporary journalists and chroniclers of crime working today. Michelle Dean's 'Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick' went viral when it first published and is the basis for the TV showThe Act and Pamela Colloff's 'the Reckoning," is the gold standard for forensic journalism. There are 13 pieces in all and as a collection, they showcase writing about true crime across the broadest possible spectrum, while also reflecting what makes crime stories so transfixing and irresistible to the modern reader.
