The Tragedy Of True Crime by John J. Lennon
John J. Lennon, who killed a man in Brooklyn in 2001, became a journalist while serving a 28-to-life sentence and wrote immersive profiles of four men who have killed. Interweaving his own story with the lives of others, Lennon traces the circumstances, backgrounds, and choices that led to violence and follows what happens to those convicted after the cell gate locks. The book examines our fascination with true crime and asks whether knowing a person’s full life story changes how we understand their crime.
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- Published
- 2025
- Nationality
- Unknown
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 368
- Original Language
- English
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