A Canadian provincial government wants to seize the proceeds from the sale of a book by convicted wife-killer Colin Thatcher.
I say you should decide whether Thatcher makes any money -- not the Saskatchewan government.
You should decide whether he collects a couple of bucks from his tortured retelling of the case, and his literally incredible insistence that he didn't murder JoAnn Wilson.
If you don't think so, then don't buy Final Appeal: Anatomy of a Frame. You will be in good company as you let this flotsam wash past you in the information tsunami.
Thatcher was convicted of killing Wilson in 1983. He appealed, but the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal told him to take a hike. So did the Supreme Court of Canada.
That's guilty, guilty, guilty.
Now that he is out on parole, who cares if a couple of hundred people fork over $35 for his book? That's a couple of hundred people who will see through his delusions of innocence.
It is highly unlikely his book will hit the best-seller lists. This angry author will not get to make a second killing.
But let the readers decide whether the book should live or die.
That's a better chance than Thatcher gave JoAnn Wilson.
This seems like another great example of how politicians/media give free publicity to something, which only serves to create greater interest in it than it would otherwise garner.
ReplyDeleteThere's something about paying royalties to victim's families that also seems very bittersweet. Would you really want the money if it was your family? It just seems dirty.
Also, kudos to you Duncan for using the word flotsam very effectively in your post. I had to google that one after reading it. It's nice to see some of your personality coming out in these initial posts.