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Description: ISBN 1845020553 / Author: Alexander McGregor / Genre: Biography / Publisher: Black and White Publishing / True crime from Dundee, ... more Newest Review: ... indeed. 'The Law Killers', by Alexander McGregor, is a book that describes some of the more interesting murders that have ... more |
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Format: paperback, Publisher: Black and White Publishing, ISBN: 1
Pages: 256, Paperback, Black and White Publishing - Books/Subject ... |
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by Templar19 - written on 02/06/08 (Very useful, 138 readings)
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It's not as easy being a fan of true-crime as it used to be. Back in Victorian times, murder, however depraved, was a human act to be savoured at arms length in front of a roaring fire while sipping a glass of Madeira (or absinthe, for those of a more bohemian persuasion). Those old-fashioned connoisseurs of crime were able to detach themselves from the swirl of emotion and anguish that inevitably clung to each case and examine methods, motives and consequences calmly and with cosy fascination. There was nothing unseemly about such an interest because the Victorians didn't confuse an interest in murder with an interest in murdering. Nowadays, however, the ...
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