| Description |
368 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
1. The beginning -- 2. Mississippi -- 3. The murder -- 4. What was Richard Barrett thinking? #1 Was Richard a racist? -- 5. What was Richard Barrett thinking? #2 Was Richard gay? -- 6. The trial -- 7. Everybody talks -- 8. Vincent -- 9. Road trip -- 10. The letter of the law -- 11. Real talk -- 12. The ring |
| Summary |
This is a dazzling adventure in crime, race and genre. Funny and frightening, challenging and bizarre, Safran has written exactly the sort of idiosyncratic book one would have hoped, and revealed himself as a talented prose writer in the process |
| Analysis |
Biography |
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Blacks |
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Ethnic relations |
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Homicide |
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Mississippi (US) |
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Overseas item |
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Racial discrimination |
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United States |
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Victims of crime |
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White supremacist groups |
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Whites |
| Notes |
"The true story of how I met a white supremacist, befriended his black killer and wrote this book" --Cover |
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Hamish Hamiltion an imprint of Penguin Books |
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Winner, True Crime, Ned Kelly Awards, year 2014 |
| Subject |
Barrett, Richard, 1943-2010.
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McGee, Vincent Justin
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African Americans -- Mississippi -- Biography.
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Murder victims -- Mississippi -- Biography.
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Murderers -- Mississippi -- Biography.
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Racism -- Mississippi.
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White supremacy movements -- Mississippi.
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True crime stories -- Mississippi.
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Whites -- Mississippi -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
Mississippi -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115909
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
1926428463 |
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9781926428468 (paperback) |
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