Catch and Kill, Ronan Farrow
Catch and Kill, Ronan Farrow
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Catch and Kill
Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

Bestseller

Author: Ronan Farrow

Narrator: Ronan Farrow

Unabridged: 10 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/15/2019


Synopsis

Now an HBO documentary series streaming on HBO Max. 

One of the Best Books of the Year  Time * NPR * Washington Post * Bloomberg News * Chicago Tribune * Chicago Public Library * Fortune * Los Angeles Times * E! News * The Telegraph * Apple * Library Journal  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
  Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in AutobiographyIndie Bound #1 BestsellerUSA Today BestsellerWall Street Journal Bestseller

Reviews

Goodreads review by Always on March 01, 2022

This was so good, between this and Bad Blood I feel like I'm really getting into books about investigative reporting. Like a lot of times it feels pretty overwhelming trying to keep up with the news and read reporting regularly but this really allows for a more accessible way to know find out about......more

Goodreads review by Dr. Appu on November 23, 2022

Catch and kill is a clandestine method used by the media to prevent an individual from revealing information that might be damaging to someone. Me Too movement This book is not something a young lightweight with a famous name (Ronan's parents are Mia Farrow (a Hollywood actress) and Woody Allen......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on September 05, 2023

4.5 stars When film producer Harvey Weinstein leans into his walker and hobbles into the courthouse - where he's being tried for predatory sexual assault - it's hard to picture the former Hollywood mogul chasing terrified young women around hotel rooms and raping them. Disgraced Harvey Weinstein ente......more

Goodreads review by jessica on May 29, 2021

ronan farrow, truly doing the lords work. such critical and riveting investigative journalism about a topic and people that i absolutely detest. im so glad he continued to pursue the story, even when large news networks tried to silence it. harvey weinstein, the multiple other predators mentioned, a......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on December 28, 2019

4.25 STARS Finally finished this one, and I must say I'm incredibly glad I chose the audio. Hearing the audio clips of H.W. incriminating himself is both eery and satisfying. There's not much more that I can add to a review that hasn't already been said, but this was indeed an important read/listen,......more


Quotes

One of Elle's Best Audiobooks
Time Must-Read Book of 2019 NPR Favorite Book of 2019
Washington Post Best Nonfiction Book of 2019Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2019
Chicago Tribune Best Book of 2019
Fortune Best Business Book of 2019Bloomberg Best Book of the Year
Telegraph (U.K) Best Book of 2019Kirkus Best Nonfiction Books of 2019
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2019
Library Journal Best Social Science Book of 2019One of USA Today's Best Books to Read While Stuck at Home

"Meticulous and devastating...part All the President's Men, part spy thriller."—Rasha Madkour, Associated Press

"At the heart of every great noir is a conspiracy of evil that imbues the initial crime uncovered by the hero with a weightier resonance than was immediately obvious. So it goes with Catch and Kill."—Elizabeth Bruenig, TheWashington Post

"The connections between presidents, media moguls, and spies described in Catch and Kill are stranger than fiction. As a novel, it would be a page-turner. As a reported piece of nonfiction, it's terrifying."—Eliana Dockterman, Time

"The year's best spy thriller is stranger - and more horrifying - than fiction...He weaves a breathless narrative as compelling as it is disturbing...bracingly exposes the rot that's persisted across elite American institutions for decades."—DavidCanfield, Entertainment Weekly

"Catch and Killis an important, frightening book...it's also a propulsive, cinematic page-turner "—Erin Keane, Salon

"Darkly funny and poignant...a winning account of how it feels to be at the centre of the biggest story in the world. It is also, of course, a breathtakingly dogged piece of reporting, in the face of extraordinary opposition."—EmmaBrockes, The Guardian (U.K.)

"Absorbing...The behavior documented in Catch and Kill is obviously and profoundly distressing. ... But there are some hopeful threads, too."—Jennifer Szalai, New York Times

"Must read: Catch and Kill, by Ronan Farrow. How #sexualabuse stories got suppressed, and how deep-diving, fact-gathering reporting blew the lid off, despite threats, intimidation, and cronymongering at the top. Chilling!"—Margaret Atwood

"Reads like a thriller...The reveal in Catch and Kill is not that there are corrupt people; it's that corrupt people are in control of our media, politics, and entertainment and that, in fact, many of them remain in control."—RebeccaTraister, The Cut