Joe Cinque's Consolation : A True Story of Death, Grief and the Law by Garner, Helen

Pan Books, UK, 2004. First Edition. Medium Trade Paperback. Very Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 328 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pan Books, UK, 2004. First Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have superficial edgewear and corners are moderately bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: In October 1997, a clever young student at the ANU murdered her boyfriend. She and her best friend were later charged with murder. Garner followed the trial in the ACT Supreme Court. Focussing on how and why Joe Cinque died, this book probes the gap between ethics and law, explores conscience, culpability and more. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: True Crime; ISBN: 0330421786. ISBN/EAN: 9780330421782. Inventory No: 20110499.. 9780330421782

Picador, Sydney, 2010. Reprint. Softcover. Fine Condition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 328 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. A true story of death, grief and the law from the 2019 winner of the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. In October 1997 a clever young law student at ANU made a bizarre plan to murder her devoted boyfriend after a dinner party at their house. Some of the dinner guests-most of them university students-had heard rumours of the plan. Nobody warned Joe Cinque. He died one Sunday, in his own bed, of a massive dose of rohypnol and heroin. His girlfriend and her best friend were charged with murder. Helen Garner followed the trials in the ACT Supreme Court. Compassionate but unflinching, this is a book about how and why Joe Cinque died. It probes the gap between ethics and the law; examines the helplessness of the courts in the face of what we think of as evil and explores… Read More