The Laughing Gorilla: The True Story of the Hunt for One of America's First Serial Killers
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Laughing Gorilla: The True Story of the Hunt for One of America's First Serial Killers
By (Author) Robert Graysmith
Penguin Putnam Inc
Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
5th October 2010
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
364.152320979461
Physical Properties
Paperback
374
Width 105mm, Height 172mm
205g
Description
During the 1920s, in more than 12 cities over four years and across two continents, women were being butchered. Eyewitnesses claim the perpetrator was a hulking Bible-carrying brute who lumbered on all fours and laughed maniacally with each new slaughter. The crimes haunted San Francisco Police Captain Charles Dullea, the last honest cop in one of the most notoriously corrupt departments in the US. But nothing could have prepared Dullea for where the case - and the truth - would take him.
Author Bio
Robert Graysmith is the New York Times bestselling author of several true crime novels including Zodiac, Zodiac Unmasked, Auto Focus, and Amerithrax.The major motion pictures Zodiac and Auto Focus are based on his books. A San Francisco Chronicle political cartoonist and artist for fifteen years, he lives in San Francisco.
