The Poet and the Murderer: A True Crime Story of Literary Crime and the Art of Forgery - Softcover

Worrall, Simon

 
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Synopsis

A renowned journalist delves into the deeply disturbed mind of Mark Hofmann, one of the most daring literary forgers and merciless killers of the late twentieth century, whose greatest deception was a forged Emily Dickinson poem, which led to fame and fortune, forcing him to commit atrocious crimes in order to keep his forgery a secret. Reprint.

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About the Author

Simon Worrall has published articles in the Sunday Review, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and National Geographic magazine, among others. The Poet and the Murderer is his first book.

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ISBN 10:  0525945962 ISBN 13:  9780525945963
Publisher: E P Dutton, 2002
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