Catch and Kill
2018
- true crime
- manners and customs
- crimes against women
- sex customs
- social life and customs
- motion picture actors and actresses
- motion picture producers and directors
- sexual harassment against women
- sex discrimination in employment
- nonfiction
The story
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: https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/ronan-farrow/catch-and-kill/9780316486668/
What it’s like
Spare, procedural prose that reads like a case file turned into narrative: long stretches of document-driven reporting, interview transcripts, hotel corridors and phone calls rendered in plain, controlled sentences, with the occasional sharp image of a hidden recording device or a tail parked across the street. The mood is cold and watchful, a steady low hum of unease that tightens into real dread whenever surveillance and intimidation come into focus, though it is never lurid. Pacing is brisk and investigative, with short chapters that move from one contact or document to the next, and the emotional register swings between indignation and quiet resolve as women slowly agree to speak on the record. Its arc is institutional rather than personal: a reporter pressing against a wall of lawyers, spies and nondisclosure agreements until the wall begins to crack. Violence is mostly reported rather than shown, with abuse described in direct, unsparing detail, including sexual assault and harassment, and some threats of physical harm, but no gore. Best suited to readers who want a gripping, sober read on power and silence, late-night attention rather than comfort reading, and anyone following the reckoning around workplace abuse who wants the reporting behind it.
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