The Sleep of Reason: the James Bulger Case - Hardcover

Smith, David James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0712659234 ISBN 13: 9780712659239

Publisher: Century, 1994

Synopsis

Written with full access to the documentary evidence, this book tells of the murder of a two-year-old by two ten-year-olds which horrified the nation. The murderers were captured on video leading their victim away from his mother, out of the shopping mall, to be killed shortly afterwards. His body was left on a railway line. The characteristically Liverpudlian display of grief that followed turned into mob violence. The crowd wanted to lynch the two ten-year-olds. Meanwhile, the police were faced with the delicate problem of interrogating such young people - the slightest slip-up could be disastrous - and the process began of finding out why this almost unimaginably horrible thing happened.

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Review:

A journey into the heart of narrative darkness . . . a thorough investigation and collation of the facts. (Guardian)

Dramatic and disturbing . . . his evidence, used judiciously and presented without comment but with an undertone of urgency, is a damning indictment. (Anita Brookner Observer)

The first serious book on the Bulger case . . . accomplished, reliable and informative . . . surprisingly evocative, even moving . . . immensely valuable. (The Times)

Book Description:

The definitive book on the James Bulger case, previously published in Faber Finds, now available in a new paperback edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Century
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0712659234
• ISBN 13: 9780712659239
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 228