Happy Like Murderers by Gordon Burn
'With his forensic commitment to get behind the tabloid headlines. Burn brilliantly reinvents reportorial writing. Startlingly original.' Matt Seaton, Esquire 'Long, brilliant, horrifying. Burn has researched with great care every detail (my God, the detail) of what went on in the Wests' household over decades.' Libby Purves, The Times 'Brilliant, bleak, unflinching. Layer after layer, level after level, deeper and deeper, until, at last, a picture is constructed. His interpretations make sense. They feel right. They explain the inexplicable.' Deborah Orr, Guardian
Gordon Burn was born in Newcastle in 1948 and now lives in London. He is the author of the novels Alma Cogan (winner of the 1992 Whitbread First Novel Prize), Fullalove and The North of England Home Service (published in Spring 2003). He is also the author of the works of non-fiction, Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son (winner of a US Edgar Allan Poe award), Pocket Money and Happy Like Murderers. He wrote the text for Damien Hirst's book, I want to spend the rest of my life everywhere, with everyone, one to one, always, forever, now (1997), before their collaboration On the Way to Work (2001). In 1991 he was named columnist of the year in the Magazine Publishing Awards for his sports column in Esquire.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571197576 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571197574 |
| Title | Happy Like Murderers |
| Author | Gordon Burn |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 1999-06-21 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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