Lee Langley

Lasting infamy: Booth, by Karen Joy Fowler, reviewed

John Wilkes Booth longed for fame as an actor, but is now only remembered as the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln

The assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth. [Getty Images]
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  • Booth

    Karen Joy Fowler

    Serpent’s Tail, pp. 470, £18

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