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"World Encyclopedia of 20th Century Murder" is the most comprehensive and authoritative one-stop source for information on murder ever compiled. Historically and sociologically vital and informative, this remarkable book is a complete and chilling portrait of the men and women, rich and poor, young and old, who kill. This fascinating volume contains over one thousand entries, including: John Wayne Gacy, Henry Lee Lucas, Belle Gunness, Ted Bundy, Calvin Jackson, Charles Manson, Louise Peete, David Berkowitz…
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World Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Murder
Seller: Crappy Old Books, Barry, United Kingdom
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. ?World Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Murder? is the coffee-table book for people whose coffee tables are slightly afraid of them. Jay Robert Nash?human Rolodex of rogues?packs a century?s worth of malice into an A?Z so comprehensive you half-expect it to start indexing your neighbours. First published in 1992 by Paragon House, it?s part reference work, part time machine, part ?oh dear, humans again.? Flip to any page and you?ll trip over a case you?ve half-heard of, then fall headlong into a dozen you definitely haven?t, each rendered with Nash?s brisk, unsentimental precision. No lurid wallowing, just the stark facts: who, what, where, when?and the chilling, often mundane how. This is murder as cartography. The entries draw a map of the twentieth century?s worst ideas, from the small domestic tragedies to the headline monsters, by way of every motive that can be spelled with a capital M: Money, Madness, Malice, and the perennial Misunderstanding. Nash does the legwork so you don?t have to: aliases, methods, timelines, and just enough context to make you mutter ?of course? and ?how on earth? in the same breath. It?s the sort of book that turns a quick lookup into a long evening, and a long evening into a rabbit hole with footnotes. Use it as a reference, an antidote to amnesia, or a conversation starter that guarantees everyone suddenly needs to top up their drinks. The style is crisp, the scope is ridiculous, and the effect is clarifying: evil isn?t exotic; it?s organised, alphabetised, and hiding in plain sight next to the letter you were actually looking for. This copy, ISBN 9781557785060, is in Very Good condition?which, for the initiated, means presentable covers, a spine with backbone, and pages that have been turned by curious hands rather than clumsy ones. It will sit on your shelf looking respectable while knowing entirely too much about absolutely everyone. Brought to you by Crappy Old Books, where the name is shabby and the stock is not. We specialise in volumes that behave themselves on the outside and misbehave delightfully on the inside. File under: Human Nature (Unabridged), Things That Shouldn?t Be Alphabetical, and ?I was just checking one entry.? Ideal for researchers, writers, trivia tyrants, and anyone who thinks the Dewey Decimal System could use a dagger. Read responsibly, and maybe lock the back door. Seller Inventory # 4726
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