Inquest: The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth by Edward Jay Epstein

Inquest: The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth by Edward Jay Epstein lands on the shelves of my shop.

Hutchinson, 1966, Hardback in dust wrapper.

From the cover: The primary subject of this book is the Warren Commission not the assassination itself states the author. It began as a masters thesis at Cornell University, the object of which was to examine the workings of an extraordinary government organisation in an extraordinary national situation; as Epstein puts it truth finding in a political environment. Were not the events of November 22nd 1963 even now fresh in most peoples minds, this book would still merit the closest attention, because it exposes how even the most distinguished commission of enquiry, with the resources of the entire United States Government to hand, still failed to establish the truth. INQUEST should be read by all who accept the Commission, whether Presidential or Royal, as a tool of good government.

Epsteins fundamental criticism rests on the divided purpose of the enquiry. The paramount purpose may well have been simply to make the truth known, but the question remains, Why? The appointment of Chief Justice Warren implies that one purpose was to protect the national interest and restore American prestige abroad. Thus, the termination of rumours and the restoration of domestic tranquillity was the implicit purpose jeopardizing the achievement of truth.

The author examines with cold and devastating logic the various problems of the assassination which did not receive the attention they merited from the Commission. How many shots were fired at the motorcade? Did the first bullet that hit Kennedy also cause Governor Connallys wounds? Did Oswald have an accomplice? Was Oswald at one stage a paid F. B. I. informer?

Edward Jay Epstein, now working on a doctoral programme in American government at Harvard, has written a book causing a furore in the United States which is of acute relevance to the rest of the world. Richard Goodwin, one of President Kennedys assistants writes of it Mr Epstein makes his case in so logical and detached a manner that it demands equally serious exploration and refutation If we cannot deny this book, then the investigation must be reopened if we wish to approach the truth more closely.

Introduction by: Richard H. Revere

Very Good in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Edges of the text block lightly tanned. Offset to the blanks.

Black boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [XIX] 224 pages. Index. 8½” x 5½”.

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Far Cry by John Harvey

Far Cry by John Harvey lands on the shelves of my shop.

William Heinemann, 2009, Hardback in dust wrapper.

From the cover: EVERY PARENTS WORST FEAR

Ruth and Simon Pierces rare romantic break is shattered by devastating news: their daughter, Heather, on holiday in Cornwall with her best friends family, has disappeared

The loss is more than they or their marriage can bear. But time does heal and slowly Ruth builds a new life for herself. A new husband, Andrew even a second daughter, Beatrice.

The chances that history could repeat itself are next-to-impossible that is until, years later, a desperate phone call launches Dl Will Grayson and his partner, DS Helen Walker, into an investigation which will test their professional and emotional resources to the very limit.

Yet as Grayson becomes increasingly obsessed with a recently released child-abuser and Helen is drawn deeper into a destructive love affair with a married colleague, there is a real danger that their most demanding case yet will slip fatefully through their hands

Very Good in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Gently bruised at the head of the spine and the top corners of the boards with commensurate wear to the dust wrapper. Sticker ghost to the upper panel. Text complete, clean and tight.

Black boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 500 pages. 9½” x 6¼”.

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