The Murder of the Century, (Paperback)

from arielfl

I was expecting to love this book a little more that I did. I love true crime and this period of history in New York City as recanted in the excellent Poisoner's handbook but it was a tad dry and repetitive in places. The murder consists of a run of the mill love triangle consisting of Augusta Na...

from Irishcontessa

While this was well-written and interesting, it was less about the murder and its investigation and far more about the rivalry between Hearst and Pulitzer and their respective papers. While I understand that the newspapers and the rivalry between the publishers played a major role in the criminal...

from chrissie3

I think lots of people would like this book/audiobobok. Both the murder itself and what the tabloids did with this story are the two main themes. The book is non-fiction but reads as a novel. However, this is a double-edged sword. The press turned the murder/crime/trial events into pure sensation...

from Opinionated

A very enjoyable romp through the tabloid wars surrounding the Goldensuppe murder in the dog days of the 19th century. The murder itself, though gruesome, is a relatively simple story. The fun comes as rival journalists in the Pulitzer and Hurst camps pull out the stops to out scoop each other an...

from phoenixcomet

The ultimate yellow journalism battle between established newspaperman Joseph Pulitzer and the New York World and newcomer William Randolph Hearst and the New York Journal. When body parts are fished out of the East River by kids in 1897, the rush is on to determine who the dead body is and who m...