About this title: "True Story" is the remarkable account of the relationship between a man accused of killing his entire family, and of the "New York Times Magazine" writer he impersonated while on the run.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Like New. 2006-Paperback-May contain minor shelf-wear. Otherwise, volume un-read and in "As-New" condition. -Used-Like New-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780060580476ISBN:006058047X
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. First edition. HARD COVER. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Binding strong & tight, pages bright, clean. Text unmarked. No dog ears. We ship 6 days a week. Canadian orders ship air letter post or global priority... Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 320 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Fine. By Finkel, Michael; ISBN: 006058047X; Pub. : HarperCollins Publishers; Pub. Date: 2005; Media: Hard cover; Fine in fine dust jacket. Book and dust jacket are like new.; Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 320 p. Audience: General/trade. by Finkel, Michael; ISBN: 006058047X; Pub. : HarperCollins Publishers; Pub. Date: 2005; Media: Hard cover; Fine in fine dust jacket. Book and dust jacket are like new.; Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 320 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First PaperbackPrinting
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780060580483ISBN:0060580488
Description: Very Good+ No Jacket Issued. This is a bizarre True Store of murder and a strange relationship with a New York Times reporter that the murderer had taken as his identity. This is a soft cover Trade Paperback in very Good+ condition, no jacket issued. This is the First Paperback Printing. The cover is very nice, clean & bright. The binding and spine is good. The spine is very smooth, no reading lines. There pages are very clean and tight, . no markings or Inscriptions. This sounds like a ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harpercollins
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780060580476ISBN:006058047X
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 006058047X. Light rubbing on dust jacket. Price on DJ is $25.95. # line 10 to 1.; 6.3 x 9.25 inches; 312 pages; From DJ: "In the haunting tradition of Joe McGinniss's Fatal Vision and Mikal Gilmore's Shot in the Heart, True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa weaves a spellbinding tale of murder, love, and deceit with a deeply personal inquiry into the slippery nature of truth. The story begins in February of 2002, when a reporter in Oregon contacts New York ... read more
"This story is hard to explain, but not hard to follow when reading. Here goes: Michael Finkel works for a prominent NY magazine. He is caught fabricating a story and passing it off as truth. He is fired. At the same time this is going on in Finkel's life, a complete stranger has decided to pretend to be Michael Finkel. Christian Longo flees to Mexico after his wife and three children are found dead at the bottom of a lake. While there, he tells people his name is Michael Finkel and that he writes for a prominent NY magazine. Eventually the two men's worlds collide and they form a bond over their respective tragedies. Just whose tragedy is worse becomes the central element of the book."
"3 of 8 people found the following review helpful: What's one man's demise is another's redemption...or is it?, June 2, 2006
Michael Finkel wrote this book in an effort to alter the popular opinion that he is a dishonest reporter who falsified his articles. He wrote with one objective in mind - to emerge as a talented author and honest human being. But was he able to do so? It's up to the readers to decide.
What's the book about? As it turned out, a serial murderer used Mr. Finkel's identity to hide from the law. Luckily, the FBI did their job and caught the man. And when Mr. Finkel found out that his identity has been compromised for nearly a month, he saw an opportunity to use the story as a stepping stone toward redemption, toward purification of his own public character.
The book is written well, but having read it, I wouldn't recommend it. For one thing, it does little to reveal something new about the character of the murderer. It simply affirms the man's deceitful nature. And I could care less about Finkel's correspondence with the murderer. There were times when I felt like I was reading a gnostic gospel- an account of lies between two corrupt men = the dishonest journalist and the two-faced murderer - what a pair.
If anyone is interested in the story, the Internet is a perfect source about Longo's biography. Use it, don't waste your time with the book."
"I read this one in less than 2 days and I had strong feelings about it (sadness, understanding and definitely anger). But, I'd only recommend it to those who read true crime."
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