The Poet and the Murderer by Worrall, Simon - 2002

New York: Dutton, 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Dutton , 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Fine /Near Fine. First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean red boards with black spine, gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 270 pages + "About the Author". Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, tiny spot of wear to one corner tip, not price clipped - enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Acclaimed journalist Simon Worrall takes readers into the haunting mind of Mark Hofmann, one of the most daring literary forgers and remorseless murderers of the late twentieth century. As the author follows the trail of a forged Emily Dickinson poem across America, he journeys into a labyrinth of lies and intrigue where truth is illusion, and nothing is what it seems..