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Peter Manso

Peter Manso
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Peter Manso

Peter Manso is the author of the definitive biography of Marlon Brando, as well as Ptown: Art, Sex, and Money on the Outer Cape, which was a #1 Boston Globe bestseller. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Vanity Fair, Premiere, and Paris Match.

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Excerpt 1 from Reasonable Doubt
Nov 03, 2011
Reasonable Doubt will be released on July 05, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Jul 05, 2011
Reasonable Doubt is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Jul 05, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Reasonable Doubt
Jun 30, 2011
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Apr 19, 2011
Mailer will be released on November 18, 2008 in Trade Paperback
Nov 18, 2008
Mailer is now available in Trade Paperback
Nov 18, 2008
Mailer will be released on November 18, 2008 in eBook
Nov 18, 2008
Mailer will be released on November 18, 2008 in eBook
Nov 18, 2008
Mailer will be released on November 18, 2008 in eBook
Nov 18, 2008
Mailer will be released on November 18, 2008 in eBook
Nov 18, 2008
Mailer will be released on November 18, 2008 in eBook
Nov 18, 2008
Mailer will be released on November 18, 2008 in eBook
Nov 18, 2008

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Crime Magazine, November 8, 2011
...Reasonable Doubt: The Fashion Writer, Cape Cod, and the Trial of Chris McCowen, by Peter Manso (Atria, 2011): Having left behind the glitz and dazzle of her life as a Manhattan fashion journalist, Christa Worthington settled in serene Cape Cod. That...
Buffalo News, November 6, 2011
...history, "Everybody Loves Our Town" belongs in the company of the finest books in this form, among them Peter Manso's definitive Norman Mailer "life," "Mailer." All the major participants in the Seattle post-punk explosion -- from Mudhoney's Mark Arm to...
Advertiser Democrat, July 26, 2011
...of Country," Seamus McGraw; "Reasonable Doubt: the Fashion Writer, Cape Cod and the Trial of Chris McCowen," Peter Manso; "Sex on the Moon: the Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History," Mezrich; "The Big Roads: the Untold Story of the...
USA Today, July 20, 2011
...cold-blooded killer. ?Jocelyn McClurg Reasonable Doubt: The Fashion Writer, Cape Cod, and the Trial of Chris McCowen By Peter Manso Atria, 448 pp. $25.99 * *½ Christa Worthington, a fashion writer from a good family, is murdered on Cape Cod in 2002. The...
Wicked Local Provincetown, July 14, 2011
...Author Peter Manso’s latest book, "Reasonable Doubt," takes a critical look at the Cape justice system. PROVINCETOWN — What is the legal definition of “reasonable doubt”? How does it...
WWD.com, July 13, 2011
...HATCHET JOB: In what looks like the makings of a knock-down, drag-out fight, ?Reasonable Doubt? author Peter Manso has fired off a 700-plus-word letter to The New York Times, in response to Dwight Garner?s stinging review Sunday. The Simon & Schuster...
New York Times, July 7, 2011
...her Posturepedic Ill never know, though I bet the audio version would be fun to hear. Now comes Peter Manso, a biographer of Norman Mailer and Marlon Brando, to take a mighty whack at the Worthington case. Mr. Manso is a long-time Truro resident and the...
Simple Justice, September 17, 2011
...it provides the reader with a perspective that enhances what follows.  This time, it was a mistake.Peter Manso's book, Reasonable Doubt, The Fashion Writer, Cape Cod, and the Trial of Chris McCowen, is the story of the murder of Christa Worthington, the...
Simple Justice, September 17, 2011
...it provides the reader with a perspective that enhances what follows.  This time, it was a mistake.Peter Manso's book, Reasonable Doubt, The Fashion Writer, Cape Cod, and the Trial of Chris McCowen, is the story of the murder of Christa Worthington, the...
Gee Ray Records, July 20, 2011
...killer. — Jocelyn McClurg Reasonable Doubt: The Fashion Writer, Cape Cod , and the Trial of Chris McCowen By Peter Manso Atria, 448 pp. $25.99 * * ½ Christa Worthington , a fashion writer from a good family, is murdered on Cape Cod in 2002. The...
whoar.co.nz, July 5, 2011
...the far side of respectability or polite society. Most every writer wants to write one…” go to source/story Peter Manso: 10 True Crime Books You Won’t Be Able To Put Down...
The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed, July 5, 2011
...What is there to say about true-crime books? They're fun. They can be intellectually compelling, and, like the fictional variety from Hammett, Cain and that crowd, they're more often than not rooted in the far side of respectability or polite society....