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Catch and Kill

Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

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Catch and Kill

By: Ronan Farrow
Narrated by: Ronan Farrow
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 In a dramatic account of violence and espionage, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow exposes serial abusers and a cabal of powerful interests hell-bent on covering up the truth, at any cost.

In 2017, a routine network television investigation led Ronan Farrow 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.

All the while, Farrow and his producer faced a degree of resistance that could not be explained - until now. And a trail of clues revealed corruption and cover-ups from Hollywood, to Washington, and beyond.

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.

Both a spy thriller and a meticulous work of investigative journalism, Catch and Kill breaks devastating new stories about the rampant abuse of power - and sheds far-reaching light on investigations that shook the culture. Art & Literature Elections & Political Process Espionage Journalists, Editors & Publishers Politics & Government Social Sciences True Crime Violence in Society Exciting Inspiring Thought-Provoking

Critic Reviews

[A] scoop-filled book, part reporting memoir, part spy thriller . . . Riveting and often shocking . . . Catch and Kill has gone off like a hand grenade in the world of New York media . . . compelling
A thriller. My word, you thirst for more . . . Catch and Kill is a rip-roaring account of the years spent chasing the Weinstein story and its spin-offs. It's a deep dive into the world of US media, Hollywood pay-outs, Donald Trump's eccentric ways, spies and spineless editors. And is it gripping . . . The page-turner, as illustrated by Farrow's Weinstein confrontation, is dripping with jaw-dropping revelations and moments of astonishing pathos . . . Farrow's reporting is incredibly rigorous. He has spoken, he said, to over 200 sources. It's evident in the book; the breadth of the story is staggering. He has the private eyes and the NYPD, the accusers and the whistleblowers. It's a rollicking read; I found myself laughing out loud, aghast, at the details, or else reading out segments to colleagues. Not since Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury - an eye-watering account of life inside the White House, in the first months of the Trump presidency - has a book so comprehensively lifted the lid on something so troubling
Farrow knows he has a humdinger of a story, but he also has a nuanced appreciation of how women are smeared and discredited, of how the lines dividing news and show business have blurred . . . lively and wide-ranging
Extraordinary . . . As some American critics have already observed, Farrow's narrative has the pace of a thriller . . . Farrow's book captures the terror and paranoia that eat away at Weinstein's victims for the simple reason that he comes to experience them himself, a human mirror. The producer's sphere of influence extends ever outwards, like the powerful arms of some giant squid (Rachel Cooke)
Meticulous and devastating . . . Catch and Kill is part All the President's Men, part spy thriller
Moves at a brisk pace, feeding readers each revelation in real time, interspersed with personal notes that make the stories stick (Claire Landsbaum)
Read this book . . . Farrow's greatest success was to listen, believe and act, even at his own peril (Maria L. La Ganga)
Absorbing . . . The behavior documented in Catch and Kill is obviously and profoundly distressing . . . But there are some hopeful threads, too (Jennifer Szalai)
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 (Emma Brockes)
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 (Emma Bruenig)
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The story and investigative journalism were great. My only problem with this audio version was the narration. What the hell was up with those corny accents? They weren't good, accurate, or helpful in the narration. If anything, they took away from the storytelling and made me wonder if the author was competing in ridiculous accent stereotype contest. He could have done the whole thing as Boris and Natasha and it wouldn't have been any worse. Nice try, didn't work.

Story was great. Narration was terrible

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Truly remarkable audiobook, I finished it in 2 days. A very important story told incredibly well.

Couldnt stop listening

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Such an incredible story of a horrific system of abuse and power. I’m absolutely in awe of Ronan Farrow’s work and his tenacity, and of course of all the women who stood up courageously to tell the story of these awful men.

To those who covered it up, I hope you realise exactly what part you have played.

So well told. Those accents though ... at least being good at accents has no bearing on the tremendous reporting and storytelling accomplished here.

Incredible story, questionable accents!

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Ronan has to push so hard at so many closed doors. If ever there was a tale of powerful men protecting one another, this is it.
In terms of the performance, at times the voices for characters was distracting, but it did make it easier to follow.

Shocking tale of power at the top

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Loved this, the perseverance of Ronan and the victims to tell this story, well done

Great work

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