Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son: The Story of the Yorkshire Ripper
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Publishing Details
Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son: The Story of the Yorkshire Ripper
By (Author) Gordon Burn
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
1st July 2005
Main
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
364.15230922
Physical Properties
368
Width 130mm, Height 200mm, Spine 20mm
225g
Description
Chilling and compulsive, told with scrupulous exactness and enormous power, Gordon Burn's book on the man from Bingley known as 'our Pete' who came to be known as the Yorkshire Ripper is one of the most incisive and revelatory books ever written about the mind of a murderer. Rarely has a writer drawn so close to the truth about a killer and his crimes.
Author Bio
Gordon Burn was born in Newcastle in 1948 and now lives in London. He is the author of the novels Alma Cogan (winner of the 1992 Whitbread First Novel Prize), Fullalove and The North of England Home Service (published in Spring 2003). He is also the author of the works of non-fiction, Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son (winner of a US Edgar Allan Poe award), Pocket Money and Happy Like Murderers. He wrote the text for Damien Hirst's book, I want to spend the rest of my life everywhere, with everyone, one to one, always, forever, now (1997), before their collaboration On the Way to Work (2001). In 1991 he was named columnist of the year in the Magazine Publishing Awards for his sports column in Esquire.
