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ST. MARTIN'S PRESS AUGUST 2012<br />
A Death in Italy<br />
The Definitive Account of the Amanda Knox Case<br />
John Follain<br />
London Times journalist John Follain presents the most<br />
comprehensive account of the most publicized and<br />
controversial trial in a decade<br />
Shortly after 12:30pm on November 2, 2007, Italian police were called to the<br />
Perugia home of twenty-one-year-old British student Meredith Kercher. They<br />
found her body on the floor under a beige quilt. Her throat had been cut.<br />
TRUE CRIME / MURDER<br />
St. Martin's Press | August 2012<br />
9781250024244 | $25.99/$29.99 Can.<br />
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Four days later, the prosecutor jailed Meredith's roommate, American student<br />
Amanda Knox, and Raffaele Sollecito, her Italian boyfriend. He also jailed Rudy<br />
Guede, an Ivory Coast drifter. Four years later Knox and Sollecito were acquitted<br />
amid chaotic scenes in front of the world's media.<br />
Uniquely based on four years of reporting and access to the complete case files,<br />
and hundreds of first hand interviews, Death in Italy takes readers on a riveting<br />
journey behind the scenes of the investigation, as John Follain shares the drama of<br />
the trials and appeal hearings he lived through.<br />
Including exclusive interviews with Meredith's friends and other key sources,<br />
Death in Italy reveals how the Italian dream turned into a nightmare.<br />
PRAISE<br />
“It’s a gripping read: a balanced, detailed account that allows the reader to respond to the<br />
central question: did they or didn't they?...It’s hard to imagine there will be a better book<br />
on the subject.” —The Observer (UK)<br />
“A ‘must read.’ An excellent account of the tragedy and the very Italian drama that<br />
followed.” —The Sunday Times (UK)<br />
“One of the most gripping court cases of recent times…[Follain’s book] does a good job<br />
of reminding us that amid the reams of print and reel are human lives; some innocent<br />
and some guilty, but all irreparably disfigured by this horribly sad story.” —The Daily<br />
Telegraph (UK)<br />
“I was very much in the grip of...<br />
JOHN FOLLAIN was born in 1966. He studied at Oxford before joining Reuters, for which he<br />
worked as a correspondent in Rome and Paris. He has covered Italy for The Sunday Times since<br />
1998. His previous books include The Last Godfathers and Zoya's Story on an Afghan resistance<br />
fighter, which was translated into fourteen languages. He was voted runner-up for the 2006 Paul<br />
Foot Award for Campaigning Journalism, and nominated for the 2008 Magazine Journalism Awards<br />
for his interview with the Knox family.<br />
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