Patty Hearst & the Twinkie murders, a tale of two trials

Description:

Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders is darkly satiric take on two of the most famous cases of our era: the kidnapping of heiress Patty Hearst and the shocking assassination of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and gay leader Harvey Milk. As a reporter for the Berkeley Barb, Paul Krassner was ringside at the spectacular California trials, and his hilarious deadpan style captures the nightmare reality behind the absurdities of the courtroom circus. Using his infamous satiric pen and investigative chops, Krassner gets to the truth behind the events: the role of the police and FBI, the real deal w.

subjects: Trials, litigation,  Radicalism,  Interviews,  Assassination,  Political persecution,  Intelligence service,  Investigative reporting,  Symbionese Liberation Army,  Social conditions,  Biography,  History,  Fiction, satire,  Trials,  Anecdotes,  Social life and customs,  Nineteen seventies,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  American,  General,  Manners and customs

People: Dan White (1946-1985),  Patricia Hearst (1954-),  Michelle Shocked,  Paul Krassner,  Donald DeFreeze

Places: United States,  San Francisco,  California,  San Francisco Bay Area,  San Francisco (Calif.)

Times: 20th century