Michael Finkel

Follows the experiences of a journalist who, after fabricating part of a story and losing his job, was mistaken for a murderer and fled to Cancun, where he lived under an assumed identity and forged a complex relationship with the real killer.

True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa

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Amy Buckle

As is obvious from the title of this book, this is a true story. The author, Michael Finkel, was a journalist for the New York Times but after he embellished one of his stories, the paper had no choice but to fire him. Shortly after this, he was contacted by a man called Christian Longo who had been impersonating Finkel for his last few days as a free man,... read the full review here: https://www.amybucklesbookshelf.co.uk...

Maurice FitzGerald

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"True Story" is the remarkable account of the relationship between a man accused of killing his entire family, and of the "New York Times Magazine" writer he impersonated while on the run.

True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa

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