Absolute Madness: A True Story of a Serial Killer, Race, and a City Divided
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (753 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XG2XGL9 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 418 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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She is a contributing writer for Investigation Discovery’s CrimeFeed and has appeared on episodes of A Crime to Remember and Fox Files, among others. About the AuthorCatherine Pelonero is a true crime author and commentator. Her book Kitty Genovese: A True Account of a Public Murder and Its Private Consequences became a New York Times bestseller. She lives in Los Angeles, California.
She lives in Los Angeles, California.. Catherine Pelonero is a true crime author and commentator. Her book Kitty Genovese: A True Account of a Public Murder and Its Private Consequences became a New York Times bestseller. She is a contributing writer for Investigation Discovery’s CrimeFeed
The investigation, aided by famed FBI profiler John Douglas, drew national attention and biting criticism from Jesse Jackson and other civil rights leaders. Dubbed both the 22-Caliber Killer and the Midtown Slasher, Christopher allegedly claimed eighteen victims during a savage four-month spree across the state. Both a wrenching true crime story and an incisive portrait of dangerously discordant race relations in America, Absolute Madness also chronicles a lonely, vulnerable man’s tragic descent into madness and the failure of the American mental health system that refused his pleas for help.. The killer, when at last he was unmasked, seemed an unlikely candidate to have held New York in a grip of terror. Absolute Madness tells the disturbing true story of Joseph Christopher, a white serial killer who targeted bla