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The Poet And The Murderer: A True Story Of Literary Crime And The Art Of Forgery
Simon Worrall

The Poet And The Murderer: A True Story Of Literary Crime And The Art Of Forgery

Dutton Adult (Apr 01, 2002)
9780525945963
| Hardcover
270 pages | 150 x 218 mm | English
$ 23.95 | Value: $ 23.95
Dewey 364.15 WOR
LC Classification HV6684.U8 .W67 2002
LC Control No. 2001053878

Genre

  • Non-Fiction

Subject

  • Forgery
  • Forgery Of Manuscripts
  • Forgery Of Manuscripts/ Utah/ Salt Lake City
  • Forgery/ Utah/ Salt Lake City
  • Murder/ Utah/ Salt Lake City

Plot

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. 20,000 first printing.