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Whether investigating a gruesome triple-murder, a fairy tale marriage gone horribly wrong, or a brilliant con artist, Michael Lista has proven himself one of the most gifted storytellers of his generation. In his belief that crime reporting thrives the closer it moves to “ the human scale” — where every uncovered secret reveals the truth of our obligations to each other— Lista builds his compulsively readable narratives from details (fake flowers, a little girl’ s necklace) others might pass over, details that provide a doorway into the extreme situations he is drawn to. The Human Scale not only includes Lista’ s most celebrated magazine stories to date, but comes with postscripts that describe his process in writing each piece, and the fallout from publication. Here is long-form journalism in its most hallowed form: brilliant and bingeable.

The Human Scale: Murder, Mischief and Other Selected Mayhems

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      Publisher Vehicule Press
      Published 1 September 2023
      ISBN-13 9781550656206
      978-1550656206

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      Book Synopsis
      Whether investigating a gruesome triple-murder, a fairy tale marriage gone horribly wrong, or a brilliant con artist, Michael Lista has proven himself one of the most gifted storytellers of his generation. In his belief that crime reporting thrives the closer it moves to “ the human scale” — where every uncovered secret reveals the truth of our obligations to each other— Lista builds his compulsively readable narratives from details (fake flowers, a little girl’ s necklace) others might pass over, details that provide a doorway into the extreme situations he is drawn to. The Human Scale not only includes Lista’ s most celebrated magazine stories to date, but comes with postscripts that describe his process in writing each piece, and the fallout from publication. Here is long-form journalism in its most hallowed form: brilliant and bingeable.

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