Luigi by John H. Richardson - ISBN: 9781668209349
Hardcover
A young man’s alleged crime sparks debate, revealing a generation’s dread.

Luigi

The Making and the Meaning

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  • Hardcover

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    16 December 2025

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Summary

WHO IS LUIGI MANGIONE, WHERE DID HE COME FROM AND WHY DID THE CRIME HE IS ACCUSED OF MAKE HIM A HERO TO SO MANY?

When Luigi Mangione was arrested for allegedly killing Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, the prizewinning journalist John H. Richardson thought he recognized the type. Ten years earlier, Richardson had begun a correspondence with Ted Kaczynski, the murderous genius known as the Unabomber, as part of his search to understand the surprising number …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781668209349
ISBN-10:1668209349
Author:John H. Richardson
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Imprint:Simon & Schuster
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:16 December 2025
Weight:361g
Dimensions:23mm x 140mm x 213mm
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Luigi by John H. Richardson - ISBN: 9781668209349
140 × 213 mm
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Riveting and uncomfortable… . Richardson’s book may not resolve the ultimate question of whether its subject is hero, criminal or casualty. But it leaves us with a more pressing one: What does it say about America that we can no longer tell the difference?” – Jonathan M. Metzl * The New York Times *
“By Richardson’s account, if Mangione committed the crime of which he’s accused, then it might be the only murder in known history that can be ascribed to a book club—one that picked Theodore Kaczynski’s Industrial Society and Its Future… . Though Mangione didn’t accept every bit of Kaczynski’s analysis of the woes of the world, he took enough of it to heart to ask the inevitable question about what’s to be done—and to whom.” * Kirkus Reviews *

About The Author

John H. Richardson

John H. Richardson was a writer-at-large for Esquire for eighteen years and was previously staff writer at New York magazine and Premiere. He is the author of My Father the Spy, In the Little World, and The Vipers’ Club. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, O. Henry Prize Stories, Best American Crime Writing, and Best American Magazine Writing. He lives in New York City.

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