About the Author

Philip Weiss has been a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and a contributing editor to Esquire, Harper's Magazine, and the New York Observer. He lives in upstate New York.

Reviews

"Beautiful, melancholy, at times even poetic. Besides being a page-turner, it is...heartbreakingly relevant." - Minneapolis Star Tribune"[Weiss] shines daylight on the facts of this ugly case with the fervor of an avenging angel." - Chicago Tribune"An important and absorbing story...thick with energy and polished with good journalism and a writer's touch" - San Francisco Chronicle"An important and absorbing story...thick with energy and polished with good journalism and a writer's touch" - San Francisco Chronicle