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Jack the Ripper
Otto Penzler (Ed.)
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Description for Jack the Ripper
Hardback.
Fact. Fiction. Legend. The predatory ritual, the escalating savagery of the crimes, the grisly trophies taken from his victim's bodies, the games played with his pursuers, the cannibalism: Jack the Ripper's reign of terror in London's East End during the autumn of 1888 casts a long shadow. Many have murdered more, but few have killed so brutally and none have forged such an enduring legend. For a century and a quarter the Ripper's crimes have appalled and fascinated in equal measure, inspiring over one hundred theories about this prototypical serial killer's identity and spawning thousands of works of ... Read more
Fact. Fiction. Legend. The predatory ritual, the escalating savagery of the crimes, the grisly trophies taken from his victim's bodies, the games played with his pursuers, the cannibalism: Jack the Ripper's reign of terror in London's East End during the autumn of 1888 casts a long shadow. Many have murdered more, but few have killed so brutally and none have forged such an enduring legend. For a century and a quarter the Ripper's crimes have appalled and fascinated in equal measure, inspiring over one hundred theories about this prototypical serial killer's identity and spawning thousands of works of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1008
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781800240292
SKU
9781800240292
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Otto Penzler (Ed.)
Otto Penzler is the proprietor of the Mysterious Bookshop in New York City, founder of the Mysterious Press, and a two-time Edgar award-winner.
Reviews for Jack the Ripper
Penzler has dug deep in producing Jack the Ripper, a carefully chosen 1000 pages of fascinating Ripperama... Not meant for quick absorption, but dipping in and out is thoroughly recommended'
The Times
This is far more than a re-tread of the known facts... Otto has assembled a truly stellar cast of contributors... The perfect nugget nestling at the ... Read more
The Times
This is far more than a re-tread of the known facts... Otto has assembled a truly stellar cast of contributors... The perfect nugget nestling at the ... Read more