The Mad Sculptor by Harold Schechter
An unputdownable true crime story set in the pulp-fiction obsessed world of 1930s America. On Easter Sunday 1937, Bob Irwin – a handsome, failing sculptor with a history of depression and psychopathic episodes – commited a grisly triple murder. Creeping back to the flat of his ex-landlady in a swish New York borough, Irwin killed her, her lodger, and her stunning daughter Ronnie with an ice-pick, an apparently motiveless homicide that would shock the entire country. Firmly in 'you couldn't make it up' territory, and crafted like a Chandler novel, THE MAD SCULPTOR thrillingly relates Irwin's crime, flight, and capture, his trial and its aftermath, whilst painting a warts-and-all portrait of 1930s America.
'Reads like fiction but it's chillingly real' The Philadelphia Inquirer.
'Top-drawer true-crime.' Booklist.
'A rich historical tapestry [with] a novelistic sense of character, pacing and suspense.' Publishers Weekly.
'Top-drawer true-crime.' Booklist.
'A rich historical tapestry [with] a novelistic sense of character, pacing and suspense.' Publishers Weekly.
Harold Schechter is a professor of American literature. He is the co-author of THE A TO Z ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SERIAL KILLERS. He is also the author of a series of acclaimed historical novels featuring Edgar Allan Poe.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781854495 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781854491 |
| Title | The Mad Sculptor |
| Author | Harold Schechter |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Head of Zeus |
| Year published | 2014-02-27 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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