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"James is a rare combination of amateur logician and sociologist, stylist, humorist, and stern moralist."--"Time"
"Some people think Bill James is God. They overstate, but not by much."--"Vanity Fair"
"A very entertaining book, and it will instigate arguments even as it scores many important points."--"The""Washington Post"
"An engagingly written history of well-publicized deadly crimes."--"Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"
For true-crime afficianados, this book is a hoot. James has to be the least starchy serious writer I've run across in years. He has the gift of writing the way a person talks--no easy task, believe me--giving Popular Crime a folksy, conversational feel."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"Running through Popular Crime is an exploration of the enduring popularity of true crime. James' thought-provoking meditations elevate his book far above any routine recitation of facts."--"The Seattle Times"
"[An] insightfully unorthodox history of famous murders."--"New York" magazine
"The book is a success, thoughtful and thought provoking. It is also gruesome, ghoulish, and appalling--and utterly fascinating."--"The Daily Beast"
"Great, cozy bedtime reading."--Gillian Flynn, author of "Gone Girl"
"James turns out to be not just the most important writer/thinker on baseball of our generation but also completely unexpectedly to have read more books in the true crime genre than maybe anyone else alive. In "Popular Crime" he works his way though every major true crime story of the last 200 years from Lizzie Borden to JonBenet Ramsey making (as one would expect) all kinds of brilliant, wildly entertaining and occasionally completely nutty Jamesian observations." Malcolm Gladwell
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About the Author
Bill James made his mark in the 1970s and 1980s with his "Baseball Abstracts". He has been tearing down preconceived notions about America's national pastime ever since. He is currently the Senior Advisor on Baseball Operations for the Boston Red Sox. James lives in Lawrence, Kansas, with his wife, Susan McCarthy, and three children.
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- PublisherScribner
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1416552731
- ISBN 13 9781416552734
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages482
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