Author(s): Janet Malcolm

Biography/Memoir

mself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible" So begins this book. It is followed by an attempt to demonstrate the accuracy of the remark through an examination of the lawsuit between Jeffrey MacDonald, a convicted murderer, and Joe McGinness, the author of a book about the crime. This is an uncomfortable book for journalists, and an enlightening one for the rest of us.