Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son by Gordon Burn

Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son by Gordon Burn

The Yorkshire Ripper was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1981 for the murder of l3 women. Gordon Burn spent two years living in Peter Sutcliffe's home town researching his life, and in this book he addresses questions left unanswered by Sutcliffe's trial and reveals some of his macabre fantasies. The book is based on conversations with Sutcliffe's wife and family, his neighbours, friend and workmates. The person Burn found in their collective memory was a chronically shy child, a super-sensitive teenager, and a well-mannered but strangely remote young man who had worked as a gravedigger and undertaker before he was scorned by a prostitute. Burn recreates the world of inner-city drinking clubs and red-light districts, and in doing so addresses questions left unanswered by Sutcliffe's trial.

Burn, Gordon: - Gordon Burn was the author of four novels, Alma Cogan (winner of the Whitbread First Novel Prize), Fullalove, The North of England Home Service and Born Yesterday. He was also the author of the non-fiction titles Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son, Pocket Money, Happy Like Murderers, On The Way to Work (with Damien Hirst) and Best and Edwards. His last book, Sex & Violence, Death and Silence, was a collection of his essays on art.

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ISBN 13	9780749313319
ISBN 10	0749313315
Title	Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son
Author	Gordon Burn
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cornerstone
Year published	1993-07-26
Number of pages	288
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.