A Scandalous Trial In Fact and Fiction By Virginia Spencer Carr You need an active subscription to view this contentYou should really subscribe now!Or login if you already have a subscription. Share — Issue: Summer 1984 / Volume 60/3 Published: December 11, 2003 Virginia Spencer Carr Virginia Spencer Carr (1929–2012) was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for two of her biographies, The Lonely Hunter: A Biography of Carson McCullers and Dos Passos: A life. Her other books include Paul Bowles: A Life.