The Sleep of Reason: The James Bulger Case
(Paperback, Main)
Publishing Details
The Sleep of Reason: The James Bulger Case
By (Author) David James Smith
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
2nd January 2018
2nd November 2017
Main
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
True crime
364.152
Physical Properties
Paperback
336
Width 128mm, Height 199mm, Spine 20mm
265g
Description
Friday, 12th February, 1993. Two outwardly unremarkable ten-year-old boys began the day by playing truant and ended it running an errand for the local video shop. In between they abducted and killed a two-year-old boy, James Bulger.
In search of an explanation, award-winning journalist David James Smith looks behind the misinformation, misunderstanding and sensational reporting to an exact account of the events of that day. A sensitive and definitive account, The Sleep of Reason achieves a unique understanding of the James Bulger case, and comes as close as may ever be possible to explaining how two ten-year-olds could kill.
Author Bio
David James Smith has been a journalist all his working life and is the author of several non fiction books. He continues to write for the Sunday Times Magazine and has been a finalist several times in the feature writer of the year category at the British Press Awards.
