True crime for Canongate

Canongate has signed a bestselling US true crime book, which has been adapted for the screen with Johnny Depp and Benedict Cumberbatch. Black Mass, by journalists Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill, exposes an FBI corruption case centred around John "Whitey" Bulger, the head of the Boston Irish mob, and FBI agent John Connolly. Publishing director Francis Bickmore signed UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, from Isabelle Bleecker at Perseus. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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