Jack of Jumps (ePub)
(Sprache: Englisch)
A dark and deep dive into the "Jack the Stripper" murders that "rips open sixties London and leaves her swinging from a lamp-post for all to finally see" (David Peace, author of the Red Riding Quartet).
Between 1959 and 1965, eight prostitutes were...
Between 1959 and 1965, eight prostitutes were...
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A dark and deep dive into the "Jack the Stripper" murders that "rips open sixties London and leaves her swinging from a lamp-post for all to finally see" (David Peace, author of the Red Riding Quartet).
Between 1959 and 1965, eight prostitutes were murdered in West London by a serial killer. The killer's motive and identity were the subject of endless speculation by the media, who dubbed him "Jack the Stripper." Links to the Profumo scandal, boxer Freddie Mills and the notorious Kray twins were rumored. By the time the body of the eighth victim was found in February 1965, a massive police operation was underway to catch the killer. The whole country waited to see what would happen next. The police had staked everything on the murderer striking again. But he didn't . . .
David Seabrook, the author of All the Devils Are Here, interviewed surviving police officers, witnesses and associates of the victims and examined the evidence, the rumors and the half-truths. He reconstructs every detail of the investigation and recreates the dark, brutal world of prostitutes and pimps in 1960s West London. He questions the theory that the police's prime suspect was Jack the Stripper and confronts the disturbing possibility that the killer is still at large.
"Seabrook taps away at the darker recesses of the metropolitan mind, relishing the fact that his subject is so heroically unglamorous."-The Guardian
"The genius of this one is how it teases horror from the banal . . . A terrifying portrait of the dark side of Notting Hill and Shepherd's Bush at the time, with its stew of sex, drugs, immigration, violence, and a residual white working-class."-The Telegraph
Between 1959 and 1965, eight prostitutes were murdered in West London by a serial killer. The killer's motive and identity were the subject of endless speculation by the media, who dubbed him "Jack the Stripper." Links to the Profumo scandal, boxer Freddie Mills and the notorious Kray twins were rumored. By the time the body of the eighth victim was found in February 1965, a massive police operation was underway to catch the killer. The whole country waited to see what would happen next. The police had staked everything on the murderer striking again. But he didn't . . .
David Seabrook, the author of All the Devils Are Here, interviewed surviving police officers, witnesses and associates of the victims and examined the evidence, the rumors and the half-truths. He reconstructs every detail of the investigation and recreates the dark, brutal world of prostitutes and pimps in 1960s West London. He questions the theory that the police's prime suspect was Jack the Stripper and confronts the disturbing possibility that the killer is still at large.
"Seabrook taps away at the darker recesses of the metropolitan mind, relishing the fact that his subject is so heroically unglamorous."-The Guardian
"The genius of this one is how it teases horror from the banal . . . A terrifying portrait of the dark side of Notting Hill and Shepherd's Bush at the time, with its stew of sex, drugs, immigration, violence, and a residual white working-class."-The Telegraph
Autoren-Porträt von David Seabrook
David Seabrook lived in Canterbury. He studied English and American literature at the University of Kent and was also a TEFL teacher. He is the author of two non-fiction books, All the Devils Are Here and Jack of Jumps. He died on 18 January 2009.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David Seabrook
- 2020, 400 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Granta Books
- ISBN-10: 1783781254
- ISBN-13: 9781783781256
- Erscheinungsdatum: 31.03.2020
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