Praise for "The Devil's Gentleman":
"A heady tale of sin, sex, jealousy and revenge in sepia-toned Manhattan."
"-The New York Times"
"A dark chronicle of ghoulish revenge [and] journalistic sensationalism . . . [a] well-wrought anatomy of a murder and portrait of an age."
"-The Wall Street Journal"
"Schechter peppers his account of one of America's earliest media circuses with peacock characters and deliciously tawdry details. . . . For scandal sweet tooths, this one's a beaut."
"-Entertainment Weekly"
"In the hands of an artist and historian as gifted as Schechter, the material becomes a superbly evocative reconstruction of the fascinating period in American life that gave birth to our media-crazed society."
-"Bomb" magazine
"Well told and powerfully written . . . Through newspaper accounts of the day and memoirs of the principals . . . Schechter brings [a crime] to vivid life."
"-San Antonio Express-News"
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Praise for "The Devil's Gentleman":
"A heady tale of sin, sex, jealousy and revenge in sepia-toned Manhattan."
"-The New York Times"
"A dark chronicle of ghoulish revenge [and] journalistic sensationalism . . . [a] well-wrought anatomy of a murder and portrait of an age."
"-The Wall Street Journal"
"Schechter peppers his account of one of America's earliest media circuses with peacock characters and deliciously tawdry details. . . . For scandal sweet tooths, this one's a beaut."
"-Entertainment Weekly"
"In the hands of an artist and historian as gifted as Schechter, the material becomes a superbly evocative reconstruction of the fascinating period in American life that gave birth to our media-crazed society."
-"Bomb" magazine
"Well told and powerfully written . . . Through newspaper accounts of the day and memoirs of the principals . . . Schechter brings [a crime] to vivid life."
"-San Antonio Express-News"
Imprint | Random House Australia |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | September 2008 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | September 2008 |
Authors | Harold Schechter |
Dimensions | 203 x 132 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 512 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-345-47680-7 |
Barcode | 9780345476807 |
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LSN | 0-345-47680-8 |