{"product_id":"dirty-john-and-other-true-stories-of-outlaws-and-outsiders-9781982113254","title":"Dirty John and Other True Stories of Outlaws and Outsiders","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of newspaper stories by award-winning \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e reporter Christopher Goffard--including \"Dirty John,\" the basis for the hit podcast and the upcoming Bravo scripted series starring Connie Britton and Eric Bana.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince its release in fall 2017, the \"Dirty John\" podcast--about a conman who terrorizes a Southern California family--has been downloaded more than 20 million times, and will soon premiere as a scripted drama on Bravo starring Connie Britton and Eric Bana. The story, which also ran as a print series in the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, wasn't unfamiliar terrain to its writer, Christopher Goffard. Over two decades at newspapers from Florida to California, Goffard has reported probingly on the shadowy, unseen corners of society. This book gathers together for the first time \"Dirty John\" and the rest of his very best work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The $40 Lawyer\" provides an inside account of a young public defender's rookie year in the legal trenches. \"Framed\" offers an unblinking chronicle of suburban mayhem (and is currently being developed by Netflix as a film starring Julia Roberts). A man wrongly imprisoned for rape, train-riding runaways in love, a Syrian mother forced to leave her children in order to save them, a boy who grows up to become a cop as a way of honoring his murdered sister, another boy who struggles with the knowledge that his father is on death row: these stories reveal the complexities of human nature, showing people at both their most courageous and their most flawed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGoffard shared in the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e' Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2011 and has twice been a Pulitzer finalist for feature writing. This collection--a must-read for fans of both true-crime and first-rate narrative nonfiction--underscores his reputation as one of today's most original journalistic voices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoffard, Christopher:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Christopher Goffard is one of America's most acclaimed literary journalists. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eSt. Petersburg Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eYou Will See Fire: A Search for Justice in Kenya\u003c\/i\u003e, based on his \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e series; the novel \u003ci\u003eSnitch Jacket, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was a finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel; and \u003ci\u003eDirty John and Other True Stories of Outlaws and Outsiders\u003c\/i\u003e. His work appears regularly in the Best American Newspaper Narratives series.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50857556672786,"sku":"9781982113254","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6cd58ea2-bc13-4572-824c-8f5b8d39c4dc.jpg?v=1737535419","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dirty-john-and-other-true-stories-of-outlaws-and-outsiders-9781982113254","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}