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The Fatal Gift of Beauty: The Trials of Amanda Knox

The Fatal Gift of Beauty: The Trials of Amanda Knox

Burleigh, Nina

Paperback

CriminologyGeneral Gender StudiesTrue Crime

ISBN10: 0307588599
ISBN13: 9780307588593
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: Jul 10 2012
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.83 Width: 5.27 Depth: 8.04
Language: English
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A compelling true-crime tale (Elle) from an award-winning journalist about a murder in Italy and the controversial prosecution, wrongful conviction, and yearslong sentencing of Amanda Knox--featuring a new epilogue

Clear-eyed, sweeping, honest, and tough . . . This is what long-form journalism is all about.--Tim Egan, author of The Worst Hard Time

The sexually violent murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, became a media sensation when Kercher's housemate, Seattle native Amanda Knox, and her Italian boyfriend were arrested and charged with the murder. The story drew an international cult obsessed with Foxy Knoxy, a pretty honor student on a junior year abroad, who either woke up one morning into a nightmare of superstition and misogyny--the dark side of Italy--or participated in something unspeakable.

The Fatal Gift of Beauty is Nina Burleigh's literary investigation of the murder, the prosecution, and the conviction and twenty-six-year sentence of Knox. But it is also a thoughtful, compelling examination of an enduring mystery, an ancient, storied place, and a disquieting facet of Italian culture: an obsession with female sexuality.

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