Catch and kill : lies, spies, and a conspiracy to protect predators / Ronan Farrow.
Publication details: London : Fleet, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2019.Description: xvi, 448 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780708899267 (paperback)
- 9780708899274 (hardback)
- Weinstein, Harvey, 1952-
- Weinstein, Harvey, 1952-
- Lauer, Matt, 1957-
- Farrow, Ronan, 1987-
- Manners and customs
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Motion picture producers and directors
- Sex customs
- Sex discrimination in employment
- Sexual harassment of women
- Women -- Crimes against
- Sexual harassment of women
- Sex discrimination in employment
- Women -- Crimes against
- Motion picture producers and directors -- United States
- Motion picture actors and actresses -- California -- Los Angeles
- Sex customs -- California -- Los Angeles
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif) -- Social life and customs
- California -- Los Angeles
- California -- Los Angeles -- Hollywood
- United States
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Social life and customs
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| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 331.4 FAR | Available | 070009 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 420-441) and index.
Prologue -- Part I: Poison Valley. Tape ; Bite ; Dirt ; Button ; Kandahar ; Continental ; Phantoms ; Gun ; Minions ; Mama ; Bloom ; Funny ; Dick -- Part II: White whale. Rookie ; Static ; F.O.H. ; 666 ; Quidditch ; Spiral ; Cult ; Scandal ; Pathfinder ; Candy ; Pause ; Pundit ; Boy ; Altar ; Pavonine -- Part III: Army of spies. Fakakta ; Bottle ; Syzygy ; Hurricane ; Goose ; Letter ; Mimic ; Hunter ; Heist ; Celebrity ; Fallout ; Dinosaur ; Mean -- Part IV: Sleeper. Edify ; Cabal ; Charger ; Nightgown ; Pretexting ; Running ; Gaslight ; Vacuum ; Playmate ; Chupacabra -- Part V: Severance. Circle ; Axiom ; Pegasus ; Melting ; Zdorovie ; Spike ; Launder ; Blacklist -- Epilogue.
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 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. Both a spy thriller and a meticulous work of investigative journalism, Catch and Kill breaks devastating new stories about the rampant abuse of power - and sheds far-reaching light on investigations that shook the culture.
