{"product_id":"murder-in-mississippi-9780349134260","title":"Murder in Mississippi","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2009 John Safran, a controversial Australian journalist, spent an  uneasy few days interviewing one of Mississippi''s most notorious white  supremacists. A year later, he hears that the man has been murdered by a  young black man. But this is far from a straightforward race killing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Safran flies back to Mississippi in a bid to discover what really  happened, immersing himself in a world of clashing white separatists,  black lawyers, police investigators, oddball neighbours and the killer  himself. In the end, he discovers just how profoundly complex the truth  about someone''s life - and death - can be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliantly  innovative true-crime story. Safran paints an engrossing and revealing  portrait of race, money, sex and power in the modern American South.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''John Safran''s captivating inquiry into a murder in darkest Mississippi is by turns informative, frightening and hilarious'' - John Berendt, author of \u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eMi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFunny and gripping and wonderfully weird . . . It's a tremendous book. I can't praise it too highly * Louis Theroux *\u003cbr\u003eA hilarious and bizarre story that leads where you least expect it. John Safran has for years been one of my favourite journalists - forever pushing the boundaries, funny, startling, a hurricane * Jon Ronson, author of The Men Who Stare at Goats and The Psychopath Test *\u003cbr\u003eStunning * Men's Style *\u003cbr\u003eA winning combination of memoir, true crime and gonzo journalism . . . a compulsive summer read * Sunday Mail *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the best pieces of sustained, rigorous journalism I've read in twenty years. It is absolutely magnificent - smart, and wry, and emotional too * Caroline Overington *\u003cbr\u003eWitty, insightful, compelling - \u003ci\u003eIn Cold Blood\u003c\/i\u003e for our generation * Eddie Perfect *\u003cbr\u003eThe elegance of this book is that its axis is a resounding 'perhaps' . . . It is this moral ambivalence that draws readers to the true crime genre, and Safran nails it * Weekend Australian *\u003cbr\u003e[Safran] has written a marvellous book which I cannot put down * Melbourne Observer *\u003cbr\u003eMississippi is like a trampoline for [Safran's] eccentricities. But the form and content of the story bring out an unfamiliar side of him * Sydney Morning Herald *\u003cbr\u003eJohn Safran's captivating inquiry into a murder in darkest Mississippi is by turns informative, frightening and hilarious. It is enlivened by a swarm of creepy locals and a torrent of astonishing details--such as hedge clippers put to surgical use in the performance of an official autopsy * John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil *\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eMurder in Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e is a page turner' -- Felicity Garry, QC * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eWeaving a tale that is simultaneously about race, failed systems, money, sex, family and simple rage, Safran truly did lose a year in Mississippi, and getting lost with him is a joy * Kirkus reviews *\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733654090071,"sku":"9780349134260","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349134260.jpg?v=1720001045","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/murder-in-mississippi-9780349134260","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}