Title: Candid and Well-written
Review: I first heard of Janet Malcolm after reading an excellent interview of hers in the Paris Review. In that interview she references her becoming an outcast in the journalism/writer community after being sued by one of the subject of this book, Joe McGinniss. This book, which I guess is a widely read book in journalism schools gives a riveting and honest account of her covering the slander trial of the murderer, Jeffrey MacDonald against McGinniss. Malcolm is extremely self aware, and seems to be able to make some real observations about the relationship of a journalist to their subject while not coming across as judgmental or beyond fault as well. But most importantly, she makes the prescient observations in such a stunningly well written manner. This is an excellent little book.
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