From the Watergate conspirators to the Mayflower Madam, people have profited from their misdeeds by writing best sellers. But the case of John Fedders represents a bizarre twist in that tradition. Fedders, 46, a former chief enforcement officer at the Securities and Exchange Commission, resigned in 1985 after admitting in divorce hearings that he had beaten his wife Charlotte. Now she has written a book about that troubled marriage: Shattered Dreams (Harper & Row; $17.95). Yet for all the humiliation the book is bound to bring John Fedders, he stands to benefit. Because the divorce is not final, the court has...
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