A Devil's Bargain

Praise for Lesley Blume

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Blume [is] a tireless researcher and beautiful writer, who moves through her narrative with seeming effortlessness — a trick that belies the skill and hard labour required to produce such prose

William Langewiesche, New York Times

Praise for A Devil's Bargain

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A Devil's Bargain uncovers the behind-the-scenes battle to become the best-seller-of-record about the Manson murders. It's a delicious hybrid – true crime thriller meets high-level literary gossip. In the wake of tragedy, big-name writers played their own blood sport, and Blume has the goods.

Jeffrey Toobin, author of "The Run of His Life: The People vs. O.J. Simpson"

What a brilliant, bloody howl of a book. At once a terrifying thrill ride through the American berserk and a deep meditation on what it means-and what it takes-to reach for the greatest heights of one’s profession. A masterpiece.

Mark Braude, author of 'The Typewriter and the Guillotine'

Leave it to Lesley Blume to find a brilliant new way into the Manson saga, going deeper inside the American myth-making machine than ever before. As Blume demonstrates, the cutthroat race to produce a true crime masterpiece compelled both Didion and Capote, among others. With impeccable reporting, an insider's savvy, and a chic worthy of her subjects, Blume may just have done so herself.

Lauren Collins, author of 'When in French and They Stole a City'