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Published by Granta Books, London, 1997
ISBN 10: 1862070032ISBN 13: 9781862070035
Seller: Priceless Books, Urbana, IL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 1st. 245pp. Extremities lightly rubbed; light soiling on edges. Dj extremities rubbed & lightly scratched. Owner inscrip. ffep.
Published by Granta Books, United Kingdom, London, 1997
ISBN 10: 1862070032ISBN 13: 9781862070035
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Good. This volume seeks to expose the hollowness of condemnation divorced from understanding in relation to the Bulger murder trial. People have almost become desensitized to random murder. It is often explained away by madness, sexual fantasy or rejection. One murder in recent times reduced every person to silence: the abduction and beating to death of a helpless infant by two ten-year-old boys. How and why did two innocent boys kill another? Is childhood innocence a myth? And what punishment could fit such a crime, assuming that children are fit to stand trial for murder? Blake Morrison went to the trial in Preston, and discovered a sad ritual of condemnation with two bewildered children at the centre. He looked for possible explanations in the boys' families, their dreary environment, their fantasies, their exposure to violent films. He evokes the worst feats of parents through candid and raw memories of his relations with his own children, and delves into his own childhood to reveal the worst thing he has ever done, to show how easy it is to go along with cruelty. Blake Morrison is the author of two collections of poetry, "Dark Glasses" and "The Ballad of the Yorkshire Ripper", and is co-editor of "The Penguin Book of Contemporary British Poetry". His memoir, "And When Did You Last See Your Father?" won the Waterstone's/Esquire Award for non-fiction and the J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography in 1993. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Published by Granta Books, United Kingdom, London, 1997
ISBN 10: 1862070032ISBN 13: 9781862070035
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This volume seeks to expose the hollowness of condemnation divorced from understanding in relation to the Bulger murder trial. People have almost become desensitized to random murder. It is often explained away by madness, sexual fantasy or rejection. One murder in recent times reduced every person to silence: the abduction and beating to death of a helpless infant by two ten-year-old boys. How and why did two innocent boys kill another? Is childhood innocence a myth? And what punishment could fit such a crime, assuming that children are fit to stand trial for murder? Blake Morrison went to the trial in Preston, and discovered a sad ritual of condemnation with two bewildered children at the centre. He looked for possible explanations in the boys' families, their dreary environment, their fantasies, their exposure to violent films. He evokes the worst feats of parents through candid and raw memories of his relations with his own children, and delves into his own childhood to reveal the worst thing he has ever done, to show how easy it is to go along with cruelty. Blake Morrison is the author of two collections of poetry, "Dark Glasses" and "The Ballad of the Yorkshire Ripper", and is co-editor of "The Penguin Book of Contemporary British Poetry". His memoir, "And When Did You Last See Your Father?" won the Waterstone's/Esquire Award for non-fiction and the J.R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography in 1993. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Granta, 1997
ISBN 10: 1862070032ISBN 13: 9781862070035
Seller: MusicMagpie, Stockport, United Kingdom
Book
Condition: Very Good. 1710848312. 3/19/2024 11:38:32 AM.
Published by London: Granta Books, 1997
ISBN 10: 1862070032ISBN 13: 9781862070035
Seller: Washington Square Autographed Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing. Binding tight; pages clean; spine slightly cocked. Unclipped (£14.99) DJ shows a touch of overall shelfwear. Autographed by Morrison on title page. Kirkus Reviews: "Literary journalist Morrison's reportage of the infamous 1993 child-murder of James Bulger turns into a semi-confessional meditation on illusory childhood innocence and collective guilt." 245 pages. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Granta Books, London, 1997
ISBN 10: 1862070032ISBN 13: 9781862070035
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OXON, United Kingdom
Book Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover in good condition. First edition, frist printing. Signed by author on title page. Superficial marks, light scores and creases on jacket. Jacket and hardcover leading corners, edges and spine ends are lightly bumped and worn. Light marks on page block, lower edge of rear board and a few pages. Minor bumps on a few pages. Text is clear throughout. Binding is sound. HCW. Signed by Author. Used.
Published by Granta Books, 1997
ISBN 10: 1862070032ISBN 13: 9781862070035
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Book
Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:9781862070035.
Published by Granta Books, 1997
ISBN 10: 1862070032ISBN 13: 9781862070035
Seller: Bestsellersuk, Hereford, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. second hand, marks to cover and page edges, sun damaged, bumped cover and edges, warped, No.1 BESTSELLERS - great prices, friendly customer service â" all orders are dispatched next working day.
Published by Granta Books, 1997
ISBN 10: 1862070032ISBN 13: 9781862070035
Seller: Loretta Lay Books, London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Hardback. We've grown almost desensitised to horror. We can even explain the causes of random murder to ourselves: madness, sexual fantasy, rejection. But one event 20yrs ago reduced every person to silence: the beating to death of the infant James Bulger by two 10yr old boys. All over the world the images on the murky video film of the two children leading the toddler by his hand looped uselessly in peoples' minds. How and why did two innocent boys kill another? Is childhood innocence a myth? And what punishment could fit such a crime - assuming that children are fit to stand trial for murder? At the trial in Preston, the author discovered a sad ritual of condemnation with two bewildered children at its centre. For a month, policemen and witnesses told the How of it. The truth of the Why lay elsewhere. The author went to Liverpool, and sought explanations in the boys' families, and looked at the violence that saturated the minds of modern children. He delved deep into his relations with his own kids, and from his own childhood remembered how easy it was to go along with cruelty. He gives a devastating portrait of the majesty and impotence of the law when faced with a tragedy that wrecked three families' lives. A book that exposes the hollowness of condemnation divorced from understanding. 245pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. With loosely inserted newspaper cutting relating to Denise Bulger's attack on the book's contents. F. in F. dw.
Published by Granta Books, 1997
ISBN 10: 1862070032ISBN 13: 9781862070035
Seller: SN Books Ltd, Thetford, United Kingdom
Book Signed
hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed By Author! Orders shipped daily from the UK. Professional seller.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 245pp.
Published by Granta Books, 1997
ISBN 10: 1862070032ISBN 13: 9781862070035
Seller: Untje.com, Roeselare, Belgium
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. English.
Published by Granta, 1997
ISBN 10: 1862070032ISBN 13: 9781862070035
Seller: Oakholm Books, Aberfeldy, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Clean and unmarked, flat signed by the author on title page. A tiny amount of wear to jacket edge.
Published by Granta Books, London, 1997
ISBN 10: 1862070032ISBN 13: 9781862070035
Seller: MHO - Collectors' Books, Fittleworth, Pulborough, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Impression, unread, mint condition, not price clipped, no owner's name or other inscription, D/j protected by a clear removable sleeve. This copy purchased new by me upon publication.
Published by Granta Books, London,, 1997
ISBN 10: 1862070032ISBN 13: 9781862070035
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo.pp. 245. With nine pages of hand written notes by Dan Franklin BOOK: exploring the crime, the trial and aftermath of the James Bulger murder. Original publisher's cloth binding in bright red, lettered Black at spine. Photographic dust jacket by Julia Hember of a deserted playground with empty swings and roundabouts; design in red, White and black. ISBN:1862070032. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Signedes.