By Reason of Insanity
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Language: English
Published by Carroll & Graf Pub, 1997
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- Title
- By Reason of Insanity
- Author
- Stevens, Shane
- Publisher
- Carroll & Graf Pub
- Publication year
- 1997
- Condition
- very_good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0786704632
- ISBN 13
- 9780786704637
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
A demented young man who believes he is the son of Caryl Chessman, Thomas Bishop escapes from a mental institution and launches a murderous reign of horror until a brilliant young reporter, Adam Kenton, vows to get Bishop at any cost
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Back in the '70s, when the term "serial killer" wasn't yet popular, Shane Stevens wrote this long, exquisitely detailed novel about a psychopathic murderer. Thomas Bishop escapes from an insane asylum at age 25 and begins what he fully intends to be a historic career as a multiple murderer. He is meticulous, intelligent, conscious of what he is doing, and utterly amoral. And we are inside his head, every step of the way--a welcome approach compared to contemporary works that focus on a detective or reporter protagonist. The New York Times called it "violent realism . . . extremely effective."
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