Perfect Victims
The Black Dahlia case. The Manson murders. The Zodiac Killer. The slaughter of JonBenet Ramsay. These killings, among many others in Bill James's astonishing chronicle of the history of American crime, have all created a frenzy of interest and speculation about human nature. And while many of us choose to avoid the news about gruesome murders, Bill James contends that these crime stories, which create such frenzy (and have throughout history), are as important to understanding our society, culture and history as anything we may consider to be a more 'serious' subject. The topic envelopes our society so completely, we almost forget about it. J…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-85720-392-2
- EAN: 9780857203922
- Produktnummer: 14338453
- Verlag: Simon & Schuster Uk
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 496 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 0 KB
Über den Autor
Bill James made his mark in the 1970s and 1980s with his Baseball Abstracts. He has been tearing down preconceived notions about America's national pastime ever since. He is currently the Senior Advisor on Baseball Operations for the Boston Red Sox, as well as the author of The Man from the Train. James lives in Lawrence, Kansas, with his wife, Susan McCarthy, and three children.
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