Let ME Take You down: Inside the Mind of Mark David Chapman, the Man Who Killed John Lennon - Softcover

Jones, Jack

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446600431 ISBN 13: 9780446600439

Publisher: Warner Books, 1994

Synopsis

Top crime journalist Jack Jones gets inside the mind of Mark David Chapman, the fanatic who murdered John Lennon. Here is a frightening and tragic portrait of a killer and a startling analysis of what motivated Chapman to commit one of the most deeply felt tragedies of our time. 8-page insert.

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Review:

"Jack Jones has written a beautiful book, rare in its attention to the social context giving rise to stalkers and assassins of celebrities . . . celebrity worship is ambivalent--admiration shares the altar with envy. When the worshipped disappoints, a 'nobody' can become a 'somebody' by killing the pop culture idol. Let Me Take You Down is both fascinating and brilliant."--Ladd Wheeler, Professor of Psychology, University of Rochester, Former President of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology

From the Back Cover:

He worshipped the singer - but despised the superstar. Obsessed with his idol, he was left with only one choice - the man had to die. Based on five years of exclusive interviews with Mark Chapman - the man who brutally gunned down John Lennon - LET ME TAKE YOU DOWN breaks through the myths, lies and rumours to uncover the true forces that drove Chapman to kill the world's most famous musician. With chilling lucidity, Chapman dissects - for the first time - his own doomed life. And Jack Jones, also gaining access to Chapman's wife friends, and psychiatrists, paints a hauntingly accurate portrait of the 'Nowhere Man' drawn to the Beatles, to The Catcher in the Rye, to charismatic Christianity, to devil worship - and to murder.

About this edition

• Publisher: Warner Books
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0446600431
• ISBN 13: 9780446600439
• Binding: Paperback