Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.15230973
EAN num: 9781572971752
ISBN number: 1572971754
Label: Berkley Trade
Manufacturer: Berkley Trade
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 274
Printing Date: December 01, 1996
Publishing house: Berkley Trade
Sale Popularity Level: 2874648
Studio: Berkley Trade
Editor's Notes and Comments:
Product Description:
America's most daring and distinguished crime reporters reveal behind-the-scenes details and instances of violence and brutality of the crime stories that moved them, disturbed them, and drove them. Original.
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As might be expected from an anthology, this gathering of newspaper crime reportage contains marked variation of quality. The book is touted as an illumination of "behind the scenes” aspects of the profession. That angle would have been augmented if some of the actual work product – the reports as printed in the newspaper - were incorporated in the stories, something like: “this is how I got the information and this is the finished product.”
This reader was disappointed in some of the choices for stories. We never find out “Who Killed Carol?” or others. It is unclear what editor/compiler Lisa Beth Pulitzer’s vision was. Sidebar: Pulitzer? Is she one of THOSE Pulitzers? With the newspapers and the namesake prizes and the messy divorce several years ago featuring bizarre acts with trumpets?
“Basket Case,” by Carl Hiaasen (long-time newspaperman with the Miami Herald)is better. His fictional murder mystery gives more of the feel of a newsroom and processes than this non-fiction compilation.
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Even though I read this book a few years ago, I remember it was Not a chore to read it. Some stories were more exciting than others, for the new True Crime reader you'll enjoy it- Easy reading, no big words you might expect from a reporter.
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Crime on Deadline was a great read. Ten short stories told by real reporters. This book has heart and soul. Two thumbs up.
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I loved this book. So often we read news stories and think of the reporters as being unbiased, unaffected journalists simply putting down on paper the things they see. "Crime on Deadline" shows reporters for who they are: sometimes fragile, sometimes hardened, always weaving their own experiences and ideals into their stories. Anyone who reads a newspaper regularly could benefit from seeing what happens behind the stories and headlines. -- John Driscoll
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