THE JOURNALIST AND THE MURDERER

New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 162 pages. Book-length account on subject. The single greatest book on the ethics - the lack thereof - of modern journalism ever written in the late-20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, of which there are innumerable as the book is now required reading in university mass-media/journalism courses. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now very rare. Presents Janet Malcolm's "The Journalist And The Murderer". Her masterpiece, and her most influential, indeed still controversial, book. "A seminal work on the psychopathology of journalism. Using a strange and unprecedented lawsuit as her larger-than-life example - the lawsuit of Jeffrey MacDonald, a convicted murderer, against Joe McGinniss, the author of 'Fatal Vision', a book about his crime - she delves into the always uneasy, sometimes tragic relationship that exists between journalist and subject. In Malcolm's view, neither journalist nor subject can avoid the moral impasse that is built into the journalistic situation. When the text first appeared, as a two-part article in The New Yorker, its thesis seemed so radical and its irony so pitiless that journalists across the country reacted as if stung. Her book is a work of journalism as well as an essay on journalism. The journalist-subject encounter has always troubled journalists, but never before has it been looked at so unflinchingly and so ruefully" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Janet Malcolm collectors. This title is a great book. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and despite its imperfection (considerable, heavy foxing on the DJ and page edges) is still in near-fine condition overall. It is the true First Edition, after all, and that is usually the most, and in this case, the only, collectible edition. It is priced accordingly. Please note: ALL copies available online have very serious flaw and are in innumerable subsequent printings. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. One of the most brilliant writer/journalist/critics of the 20th century. A near-fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JANET MALCOLM TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0394583124.