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Catch and Kill
608 pages
A gripping, real-life espionage thriller about the terrifying lengths powerful men will go to protect their secrets, and the immense courage required to expose them.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like being dropped into the middle of a high-stakes espionage thriller, only the monsters and spies are entirely real. The narrative moves at a propulsive, heart-pounding clip, wrapping the reader in a chilling atmosphere of paranoia as shadowy operatives and elite lawyers close in. Yet, beneath the dread-soaked tension of surveillance and institutional complicity, there is a profound undercurrent of empathy and righteous anger. The prose is sharp and cinematic, meticulously laying out a sprawling web of corruption without ever losing sight of the human cost. It is a deeply unsettling but ultimately cathartic experience, perfect for readers who devour rigorous investigative journalism and stories of hard-won justice against seemingly insurmountable odds.
- Mood
- tense
- paranoid
- chilling
- cathartic
- Tone
- urgent
- meticulous
- empathetic
- righteous
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- abuse of power · institutional complicity · the cost of truth · survivor courage · surveillance and intimidation
- The writing
- Sharp, cinematic, and relentlessly paced, the writing blends rigorous journalistic detail with the narrative tension of an espionage thriller.
- The arc
- The journey begins in a suffocating atmosphere of paranoia and systemic dread, slowly building toward a hard-won, cathartic sense of justice.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave high-stakes investigative journalism and true-life thrillers about dismantling corrupt power structures.
Content notes
- sexual assault
- sexual harassment
- stalking
- intimidation
- gaslighting
About the book
In this newly updated edition of the “meticulous and devastating” (Associated Press) account of violence and espionage that spent months on the New York Times Bestsellers list, Ronan Farrow exposes serial abusers and a cabal of powerful interests hell-bent on covering up the truth, at any cost – from Hollywood to Washington and beyond.
In 2017, a routine network television investigation led 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. This is the untold story of the exotic 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. source:
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