TITLE:
Popular crime : reflections on the celebration of violence / Bill James.
Publication Date:
2011
Publication Information:
New York : Scribner,
Physical Description:
482 p., [8] p. of plates. : ill.
Subject Term:
Summary:
Celebrated writer and contrarian Bill James has voraciously read true crime throughout his life and has been interested in writing a book on the topic for decades. Now, with Popular Crime, James takes readers on an epic journey from Lizzie Borden to the Lindbergh baby, from the Black Dahlia to O. J. Simpson, explaining how crimes have been committed, investigated, prosecuted and written about, and how that has profoundly influenced our culture over the last few centuries— even if we haven’t always taken notice.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781416552734
General Note:
Includes index.
