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Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime that Changed America
Kevin Cook
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Description for Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime that Changed America
Paperback. A new perspective on the murder that has captured America's imagination for over a half-century-"gripping" (New York Times Book Review). Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; BTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
In 1964 a woman was stabbed to death in front of her home in New York, a murder The New York Times called "a frozen moment of dramatic, disturbing social change". The victim, Catherine "Kitty" Genovese, became an urban martyr, butchered in sight of thirty-eight neighbours who "didn’t want to get involved". Her sensational case provoked an outcry and launched a sociological theory known as the "Bystander Effect".
On the fiftieth anniversary of her murder, Kevin Cook presents the real Genovese. "Gripping" (The New York Times) and "Provocative" (The Wall Street Journal), Kitty Genovese evokes the gay and lesbian underground ... Read more
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Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
231g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393350579
SKU
V9780393350579
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
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99-15
About Kevin Cook
A former senior editor at Sports Illustrated, Kevin Cook is the author of Titanic Thompson, Tommy's Honor, Kitty Genovese and The Dad Report. He lives in New York City.
Reviews for Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime that Changed America
"Kevin Cook takes the story apart and puts it back together again. His punchy account of this famous event reveals that almost everything we think we know about it is wrong."
Daniel Finkelstein, Christmas Round-Ups 2014 - The Sunday Times "Cook is [an] adept storyteller."
The New Yorker "...well-written and often gripping book..."
The Times "A fully-realized ... Read more
Daniel Finkelstein, Christmas Round-Ups 2014 - The Sunday Times "Cook is [an] adept storyteller."
The New Yorker "...well-written and often gripping book..."
The Times "A fully-realized ... Read more