Buy this book on-line Malcolm, Janet : The Crime Of Sheila McgoughAlfred A. Knopf, New York City, NY, 1999 ISBN 0375405089
First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 161 pages. The author's account on subject and the legal justice system in general. One of Janet Malcolm's finest (and most underrated) achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Janet Malcolm's "The Crime of Sheila McGough". A brilliant brief on human behavior and misbehavior. As she plunges deeper into the legal labyrinth, her quest for the truth and nothing but the truth leads her to some superb insights about that other form of imaginative advocacy, writing. "Why don't more people write like Malcolm? She is cast from the mold of the Eastern European intellectual: Beholden to Modernism, as familiar with Kundera's exile as she is with Freud's Vienna. This sensibility must grant her the detachment she sometimes so mercilessly employs, but it also gives her an unassailable passion for getting to the center of things" (The Boston Globe). "Without the thinner of common sense, the law is a toxic substance" (Janet Malcolm). An absolute "must-have" title for Janet Malcolm collectors. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. One of the most brilliant American writers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JANET MALCOLM TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0375405089. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Malcolm, Janet : The Crime Of Sheila Mcgough. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including rare books, collectables, libri antichi, atlases and livres rares. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |