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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Very Intense Read,
By A Customer
This review is from: Killer: A Journal of Murder (Hardcover)
A modern-day, hardcore picaresque novel -- only it's a true story. Carl Panzram, an inhuman monster, pens his autobiography, blaming every one but himself for his brutal crimes against humanity. The movie based on the book distorts the savagery of the text. The Pranzram you meet in the text is NOT the same one portrayed in the movie . I enjoyed the way Gaddis framed the book with explications of important details of Carl's life and of American history in general at the time (a lot of it takes place in the early part of this century,) : it gave Carl's "book" fluidity and structure. Anyone interested in sociology or penalogy should pick up this book. If you're a crimewriter, you will particularly benefit from it. The book turned my hair gray.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best there is to read!,
By Cassie M. (Peebles, OH) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Killer: A Journal of Murder (Hardcover)
An excellent read that penitrates the mind of a serial killer. What's more shocking is that it actually happened! Panzram details his life from childhood through the hardships of adulthood which made him the hardcore savage animal that he ultimately became. I loved every minute of this book! It's a shame that it's so hard to find though or I'd buy my own copy and read it every night before I go to bed. I suggest that anyone who wants something new and exciting to read should pick up this work and start reading. The public library should have it. Get moving!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A MUCH NEGLECTED BOOK,
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This review is from: Killer: A Journal of Murder (Hardcover)
KILLER has been out of print for years, yet it is one of the finest studies ever done of a serial killer. Panzram was one of the handful of such killers who possess any real intelligence, and the book includes long excerpts from the diary he wrote in prison while cheerfully awaiting execution for his murder and rape of so many young men. I had heard a rumour in Poland last week that the book had been reprinted. Is it so? No library on the subject is complete without it.
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