A Death in Belmont Contributor(s): Junger, Sebastian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060742690 ISBN-13: 9780060742690 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: By turns exciting and subtle, "A Death in Belmont" chronicles three lives that collide--and are ultimately destroyed--in the vortex of one of the most controversial serial murder cases. The power of the story and the brilliance of Junger's reporting make this an instant classic. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Murder - Serial Killers - True Crime | Historical |
Dewey: 364.152 |
Series: P.S. |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.3" W x 8" (0.65 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts - Locality - Boston-Worcester, Mass. |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In the spring of 1963, the quiet suburb of Belmont, Massachusetts, is rocked by a shocking murder that fits the pattern of the infamous Boston Strangler, still at large. Hoping for a break in the case, the police arrest Roy Smith, a black ex-con whom the victim hired to clean her house. Smith is hastily convicted of the murder, but the Strangler's terror continues. And through it all, one man escapes the scrutiny of the police: a carpenter working at the time at the Belmont home of young Sebastian Junger and his parents--a man named Albert From the acclaimed author of A Perfect Storm comes a powerful chronicle of three lives that collide in the vortex of one of America's most controversial serial murder cases. |
Contributor Bio(s): Junger, Sebastian: - Sebastian Junger is the New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Storm, A Death in Belmont and Fire. He is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, and has been awarded a National Magazine Award and an SAIS Novartis Prize for journalism. He lives in New York City. |