A Death in Belmont (P.S.) - Softcover

Junger, Sebastian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060742690 ISBN 13: 9780060742690

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2007

Synopsis

Pub Date: 2007-04-03 Pages: 266 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US In 1963. with the city of Boston already terrified by a series of savage crimes known as the Boston Stranglings. a murder occurred in Belmont. just a few blocks from the house of Sebastian Jungers family -.. a murder that seemed to fit exactly the pattern of the Strangler Roy Smith. a black man who had cleaned the victims house that day. was convicted. but the terror of the Strangler continued Two years later . Albert DeSalvo. a handyman who had been working at the Jungers home on the day of the Belmont murder. and had often spent time there alone with Sebastian and his mother. confessed in lurid detail to being the Boston Strangler. By turns exciting and subtle . A Death in Belmont chronicles three lives that collide - and are ultimately destroyed -. in the vortex of one of the most controversial ...

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Product Description:

In the spring of 1963, the quiet suburb of Belmont, Massachusetts, is rocked by a shocking murder that fits the pattern of the infamous Boston Strangler, still at large. Hoping for a break in the case, the police arrest Roy Smith, a black ex-con whom the victim hired to clean her house. Smith is hastily convicted of the murder, but the Strangler's terror continues. And through it all, one man escapes the scrutiny of the police: a carpenter working at the time at the Belmont home of young Sebastian Junger and his parents--a man named Albert

From the acclaimed author of A Perfect Storm comes a powerful chronicle of three lives that collide in the vortex of one of America's most controversial serial murder cases.

Review:

‘Junger is a wonderful quirky narrative historian...Junger grippingly tells the story of the murder and the lives damaged in its wake, creating a memorable portrait of 1960s America and the troubling race relations that pre-figured the death of Martin Luther King. At its worst history makes us over-familiar with death. It is salutary to be reminded of the historical weight of just one murder.' Ruth Scurr, The Times

‘(Junger) presents a fascinating slice of history...Reading Junger, one cannot help being reminded of Truman Capote’s brilliant reconstruction of another brutal slaying, In Cold Blood, and noting that he stands the test of comparison.’ The Daily Mail

‘A well-balanced study of an infamous part of American history, and an intriguing snapshot of an American criminal.’ The Word magazine

‘It is written in the beautifully cool, precise, easy style of the best American journalism. There is a fascinating detail on every page.’ Mail on Sunday

'An interesting meditation on the American judicial and penal systems and, in particular, their attitude to the issue of race'. Daily Telegraph

'Junger masterfully draws out his narrative out of the labyrinthine investigation.' Observer

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0060742690
• ISBN 13: 9780060742690
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304