Synopsis
A Handbook on Hanging is a satiric tribute to that unappreciated mainstay of civilisation: the hangman. With barbed wit, Charles Duff not only writes of hanging, but also of electrocution, decapitation and gassing; of innocent men executed and of executions botched; of bloodlust mobs and the political expedients of the great. A classic satire, admired by Bertholt Brecht and Dylan Thomas, Duff’s polemic makes it clear that whatever else capital punishment may be said to be – justice, vengeance, a deterrent – it is certainly killing.
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A very deadly squib... likely to upset the equanimity of upholders of capital punishment far more than any ponderous tome of “high explosive” argument or invective. (Observer)
About the Author
Charles Duff (1894-1966) was a brilliant linguist and worked for the British Foreign Service. He translated, amongst others, the work of Zola and Gorky.
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