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Bezig met laden... John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monsterdoor Sam L. Amirante, Danny Broderick (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Excellent read. Written by the defense which is an interesting point of view. ( ) I read 60% of this before I chose to skim the remainder, not because of the severity and gruesomeness of the crime, but because of the writing itself. First off, the small print underneath Gacy's name on the cover bears true: it has as much to do about Gacy's lawyer (also the author) himself as it does about Gacy. This does not normally bother me, but in this case, I did not like it. The writing was laxed and informal, with sentences like this- "Ok, David Cram...not a brain surgeon, and so on and so forth, ya know." I found Amirante to be sarcastic, failing in his attempts to be humorous (I assume that's what he was going for) and it seemed callous instead, considering we are talking about the brutal murder of numerous boys. At times he talked condescendingly about the police and made comments that felt like he was trying to garner sympathy for Gacy, the guy with the "broken mind." I wonder, where is all the sympathy for the boys he strangled and those families who will never be whole again because of his actions? geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
True Crime.
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HTML: Sam, could you do me a favor? A seemingly simple request sparks the story that has now become part of America's true crime hall of fame. It is a gory, grotesque tale befitting a Stephen King novel. It is also a David and Goliath sagaâ??the story of a young lawyer fresh from the Public Defender's Office whose first client in private practice turns out to be the most evil serial killer in our nationâ??s history. Sam Amirante had just opened his first law practice when he got a phone call from his friend John Wayne Gacy, a wellâ??known and wellâ??liked community figure. Gacy was upset about what he called "police harassment" and asked Amirante for help. With the police following his every move in connection with the disappearance of a local teenager, Gacy eventually gives a drunken early morning confession to his friend and new lawyer. Gacy is soon charged with murder and Amirante suddenly becomes the defense attorney for one of American's most disturbing serial killers. It is his first case. This gripping narrative vividly brings to life the gruesome killings and the infamously shocking Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)364.15232097731Social sciences Social problems and services; associations Criminology Crimes and Offenses Offenses against persons Homicide Murder Serial killersLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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