The Crime of Sheila McGough (Knopf; $22) is, to put it plainly, charmlessness. Accessories such as … ONCE UPON A TIME -- THE ALLEGEDLY SAD TALE OF SHEILA MCGOUGH AbeBooks.com: The Crime of Sheila McGough: Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. But "The Crimes of Sheila McGough" could have been even tighter if Malcolm hadn't gone on at such length about her own shortcomings and biases as an observer. McGough had served 2 1/2 years for collaborating with a client in his fraud, but insisted that she didn't commit any … THE CRIME OF SHEILA MCGOUGH. $22. About The Crime of Sheila McGough "[N]o other writer tells better stories about the perpetual, the unwinnable, battle between narrative and truth." Pp. McGough had served 2 1/2 years for collaborating with a client in his fraud, but insisted that she didn't commit any … 1999. But "The Crimes of Sheila McGough" could have been even tighter if Malcolm hadn't gone on at such length about her own shortcomings and biases … The Crime of Sheila McGough is Janet Malcolm's brilliant exposé of miscarriage of justice in the case of Sheila McGough, a disbarred lawyer recently released from prison. The Crime of Sheila McGough is Janet Malcolm's brilliant exposé of miscarriage of justice in the case of Sheila McGough, a disbarred lawyer recently released from prison. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. 161. —The New York Times Book Review The Crime of Sheila McGough is Janet Malcolm’s brilliant exposé of miscarriage of justice in the case of Sheila McGough, a disbarred lawyer recently released from prison. But just as Malcolm loses patience with her heroine, she loses interest in her story of the structurally flawed By Janet Malcolm. The Crime of Sheila McGough by Janet Malcolm Reviewed by Ellen B. Gwynn Janet Malcolm is a journalist who has written several books and many articles for The New Yorker, and it is a pleasure to read her thoughtful and insightful prose turned on a legal subject. The Crime of Sheila McGough is Janet Malcolm's brilliant exposé of miscarriage of justice in the case of Sheila McGough, a disbarred lawyer recently released from prison. McGough had served 2 1/2 years for collaborating with a client in his fraud, but insisted that she didn't commit any … The Crime of Sheila McGough is frustrating because the charges Malcolm files against the criminal justice system, and, more broadly, the adversary system, are serious, and deserve a sustained commitment. In the winter of 1996, Janet Malcolm received a letter from a stranger--a disbarred lawyer named Sheila McGough, who had recently been released from prison, and who wrote that she had been convicted of crimes she had not committed.