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They All Love Jack: Busting the Ripper by Bruce Robinson (Paperback, 2015)
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LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION A book like no other - the tale of a gripping quest to discover the identity of history's most notorious murderer and a literary high-wire act from the legendary writer and director of Withnail and I. For over a hundred years, 'the mystery of Jack the Ripper' has been a source of unparalleled fascination and horror, spawning an army of obsessive theorists, and endless volumes purporting finally to reveal the identity of the brutal murderer who terrorised Victorian England. But what if there was never really any 'mystery' at all? What if the Ripper was always hiding in plain sight, deliberately leaving a trail of clues to his identity for anyone who cared to look, while cynically mocking those who were supposedly attempting to bring him to justice? In THEY ALL LOVE JACK, the award-winning film director and screenwriter Bruce Robinson exposes the cover-up that enabled one of history's most notorious serial killers to remain at large. More than twelve years in the writing, this is much more than a radical reinterpretation of the Jack the Ripper legend, and an enthralling hunt for the killer. A literary high-wire act reminiscent of Tom Wolfe or Hunter S. Thompson, it is an expressionistic journey through the cesspools of late-Victorian society, a phantasmagoria of highly placed villains, hypocrites and institutionalised corruption. Polemic, forensic investigation, panoramic portrait of an age, underpinned by deep scholarship and delivered in Robinson's inimitably vivid and scabrous prose, THEY ALL LOVE JACK is an absolutely riveting and unique book, demolishing the theories of generations of self-appointed experts - the so-called 'Ripperologists' - to make clear, at last, who really did it; and more importantly, how he managed to get away with it for so long.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139780007548880
eBay Product ID (ePID)212581325
Product Key Features
Book TitleThey All Love Jack: Busting the Ripper
Number of Pages864 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
TopicTrue Crime
GenreBiographies & True Stories
AuthorBruce Robinson
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight1090 g
Item Width153 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorBruce Robinson
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- 22 Sep, 2022
AMAZING.
THE AUTHOR DONE HIS JOB. TOLD US THE TRUTH ABOUT JACK THE RIPPER. AND WHY HE MUTILLATED SO MANY VICTIMS. HE ALSO DESCRIPED LIFE IN THE LATE 1880S. THE AUTHOR BRUCE ROBINSON. IS A LEGEND. ITS THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER OWNED OR READ. NEARLY 900 PAGES. IF THIS DOSNT RAISE YOUR EYEBROWS. NOTHING EVER WILL. AMAZING BOOK. RIGHT TO THE NITTY GRITTY. NO ARSEING ABOUT. LEGEND.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 10 Aug, 2019
A credible suspect.
An immense amount of research gives you a real belief in the authors suspect amid the bleak landscape of Victorian Britain. An addictive read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 21 May, 2020
Excellent book.
I've been interested in Jack the Ripper for years. So when I heard about this book I wanted to get it. I am well into reading it at the moment. Loving it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 01 Jul, 2020
Stands out amongst Jack the Ripper titles.
Compelling case. 15 years of research went into the book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 02 Jun, 2024
Very pleased with my purchase .good value .
Very pleased with my purchase .good value .Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 14 Jul, 2021
Eye opener
Great book shows what the upper class was like in victorion timesVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
