He Had It Coming tells the stories of the real-life women who killed their boyfriends and inspired Chicago, a 1926 play destined to become a hit Broadway musical and an Oscar-winner for best picture. Lavishly illustrated with vintage images, it is also the story of how Maurine Watkins, a novice journalist who had been with the Chicago Tribune for only a few weeks when the first murder occurred, reinvented herself as a playwright and created a pop culture phenomenon.
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