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'When filming his TV series Race Relations, John Safran spent an uneasy couple of days with one of Mississippi's most notorious white supremacists. A year later, he heard that the man had been murdered – and what was more, the killer was black.
'At first the murder seemed a twist on the old Deep South race crimes. But then more news rolled in. Maybe it was a dispute over money, or most intriguingly, over sex. Could the infamous racist actually have been secretly gay, with a thing for black men? Did Safran have the last footage of him alive? Could this be the story of a lifetime? Seizing his Truman Capote moment, he jumped on a plane to cover the trial.
'Over six months, Safran got deeper and deeper into the South, becoming entwined in the lives of those connected with the murder – white separatists, black campaigners, lawyers, investigators, neighbours, even the killer himself. And the more he talked with them, the less simple the crime, and the world, seemed.
'Murder in Mississippi is a brilliantly innovative true-crime story. Taking us places only he can, Safran paints an engrossing, revealing portrait of a dead man, his murderer, the place they lived and the process of trying to find out the truth about anything.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Stage version:
On Saturday 15 November 2014, John Safran presented a one-off stage version of Murder in Mississippi at the Yarraville Club. The stage version was a multimedia presentation, including video, audio, and 'souvenirs'.
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Book of the Day : Deborah Mailman
2015
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 January 2015; (p. 20) -
Murder in Mississippi, Triumph in the Ned Kelly Awards
2014
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— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 7 September 2014; (p. 17) -
You're Reading
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 16-17 August 2014; (p. 21)
— Review of Murder in Missisippi : The True Story of How I Met a White Supremacist, Befriended His Black Killer and Wrote this Book 2013 single work biography -
Prankster Finds His Ethical Side
Safran Uncovers Intriguing Story
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21-22 December 2013; (p. 23) The Canberra Times , 21 December 2013; (p. 21)
— Review of Murder in Missisippi : The True Story of How I Met a White Supremacist, Befriended His Black Killer and Wrote this Book 2013 single work biography -
Sex, Race, Murder... and a Writer Joins In
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 October 2013; (p. 22)
— Review of Murder in Missisippi : The True Story of How I Met a White Supremacist, Befriended His Black Killer and Wrote this Book 2013 single work biography
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Sex, Race, Murder... and a Writer Joins In
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 October 2013; (p. 22)
— Review of Murder in Missisippi : The True Story of How I Met a White Supremacist, Befriended His Black Killer and Wrote this Book 2013 single work biography -
Prankster Finds His Ethical Side
Safran Uncovers Intriguing Story
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21-22 December 2013; (p. 23) The Canberra Times , 21 December 2013; (p. 21)
— Review of Murder in Missisippi : The True Story of How I Met a White Supremacist, Befriended His Black Killer and Wrote this Book 2013 single work biography -
You're Reading
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 16-17 August 2014; (p. 21)
— Review of Murder in Missisippi : The True Story of How I Met a White Supremacist, Befriended His Black Killer and Wrote this Book 2013 single work biography -
Murder in Mississippi, Triumph in the Ned Kelly Awards
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 7 September 2014; (p. 17) -
Book of the Day : Deborah Mailman
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 January 2015; (p. 20)
Awards
- 2015 shortlisted Melbourne Prize
- 2014 winner Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best True Crime
- 2014 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian General Non-Fiction Book of the Year
- 2014 shortlisted Indie Awards — Nonfiction
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