A new, powerful, evocative, brilliantly written excursion into the literature and lore of Ripperology! The author explores the internal life and plumbs the abyss of sickness, describing in detail those aspects of Victorian London and the baser instincts of capitalism that incited him, and indeed everything that has made Jack the Ripper the unequaled incubus of horror and the imaginings that still inhabit our modern nightmares. The author has chosen, from all the possible suspects, in order to expound his savage theory of serial assassinations, that high-ranking alienist and psychologist, also a disciple of Freud, Lyttleton Stewart Forbes Winslow. The book eloquently exposes the stark contrast between the well-to-do districts of the capital of the British Empire and the stricken area of Whitechapel, scene of the assassinations and the infernal lodgings of the most downtrodden of that society. This is a story with all the ingredients for those who are fascinated by the genre, but also with something different and more...-La Reppublica, Massimilia Panarari
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Mosaic Press
ISBN-10
0889629978
ISBN-13
9780889629974
eBay Product ID (ePID)
183896096
Product Key Features
Author
Alan Scarfe
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Crime, Thriller & Adventure
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Ontario
Author Biography
The author is one of the most accomplished actors of the Canadian and UK stage, a director of wide renowned, a film director, as well.