I heard about this murder when I was a very little girl. It was hard for me to believe that so many people heard screams of help and no one called the police or helped the young lady.
THIRTY-EIGHT WITNESSES was mentioned in some article that I recently read, though I forget which one and what it was about; I am just now on the April VANITY FAIRS so it could now be some old issue. That being said, this slim 1964 non-fiction (billed on the cover as "classic journalism") is more of a thesis then a book, despite being written by A.
Not that far back, I was with a group of friends and one of them recounted how he had seen a woman fall in front of a restaurant. We inquired if she had gotten up, and he said no.
Catherine Genovese worked as a bar manager and on the night of March 13th she was returning home from work to her apartment in Queens. It was 3 am when she pulled into the parking lot to park her car.
Disturbing little book about the Kitty Genovese murder. Effective and chilling.
While reading this book, I felt like I was reading an extremely long newspaper article. I often found myself being bored, asking questions that never get answered, and wondering more about the victim herself, the witnesses, the police officers.
I received this book from the publisher in exchange for a review. This did not effect my opinions of the book, or the review itself.
A fascinating explanation of the famous case of Kitty Genovese, how the media story around it developed and its consequences. Short and to the point, this book is an eye-opener on how the horrid, disturbing murder of a young woman became so iconic, how it was perceived by the different sides involved in it, and how it influenced all of our lives, even far beyond New York and the States.
In 1964 Catherine Genovese was attacked 100 yards from her home by a knife wielding man, he stabbed her to death and then ejaculated on her body.
38 people witnessed the attack, one man even shouted at Winston Moseley to 'leave that girl alone'.
In looking for research for a book idea, I ran across this tiny book. Rosenthal in only a few pages resurrects an awareness in human weakness.
