Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

Paperback Published on: 02/07/2020
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Catch and Kill
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Definitely one of the most important books I read in 2019, though certainly a tough one to read in places. It's about sexual predators in Hollywood and how... READ MORE
Becky, Waterstones Gloucester

Synopsis

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

'Riveting and often shocking' Sunday Times

'Dripping with jaw-dropping revelations' Telegraph

'Absorbing' New York Times

In a dramatic account of violence and espionage, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow exposes serial abusers and a cabal of powerful interests hell-bent on covering up the truth, at any cost.

In 2017, a routine network television investigation led Ronan Farrow to a story only whispered about: one of Hollywood's most powerful producers was a predator, protected by fear, wealth and a conspiracy of silence. As Farrow drew closer to the truth, shadowy operatives, from high-priced lawyers to elite war-hardened spies, mounted a secret campaign of intimidation, threatening his career, following his every move and weaponizing an account of abuse in his own family.

All the while, Farrow and his producer faced a degree of resistance that could not be explained - until now. And a trail of clues revealed corruption and cover-ups from Hollywood, to Washington and beyond.

This is the untold story of the tactics of surveillance and intimidation deployed by wealthy and connected men to threaten journalists, evade accountability and silence victims of abuse - and it's the story of the women who risked everything to expose the truth and spark a global movement.

'Darkly funny and poignant . . . a breathtakingly dogged piece of reporting' Guardian

'Reads like a thriller' The Cut

'Meticulous and devastating' Associated Press

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
  • ISBN: 9780708899281
  • Number of pages: 480
  • Dimensions: 196 x 126 x 34 mm
  • Weight: 375g
  • Languages: English

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Catch and Kill
Catch and Kill
This books reads like a thriller but sadly is all too true. An incredibly important book about Ronan Farrow's years spent chasing the Weinstein story, and ... READ MORE
Lesley at Commercial Street Dundee
Catch and Kill
spy thriller meets tragedy
Farrow is such an immensely talented writer, it is entirely seamless how he blends the third person view of the spies and his own precarious reporting thro... READ MORE
Charlotte McNeil
Catch and Kill
Epistemological and ego issues - could have been very good
Briefly, the story of how Farrow went about bringing down Weinstein, and others by implication, is let down by :- a) assumptions of knowledge: we haven’t a... READ MORE
Roger Lincoln