Park Life 71 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Anyone read any good ones? Dahmers dad one is quite good apparently. Lot of soul searching and bad dreams. Tough love gone bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35120 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I've ordered Killer on the Road by Ginger Strand (not to be confused with the James Ellroy novel) which sounds intresting, but I haven't read it yet I'm afraid. That John Wayne Gacy was a funny fucker though, wasn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 (edited) I've ordered Killer on the Road by Ginger Strand (not to be confused with the James Ellroy novel) which sounds intresting, but I haven't read it yet I'm afraid. That John Wayne Gacy was a funny fucker though, wasn't he? Edited November 15, 2012 by Ant fixed the image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I was looking at the Samuel Johnson Prize nominees last night as I'm after some new books to read. Â People Who Eat The Darkness was long listed last year. About the killing of Lucie Blackman in Japan and how her killer had been doing it to women for 30 odd year.... Â His pornographic video collection, 4,000 to 5,000 of which were recovered by police, led police to believe that Obara may have raped anywhere from 150 to 400 women. A recreational drug user, he was reported to have an obsession with Caucasians and developed a sex fetish for molesting unconscious women. Police found over 200 sex videos involving Obara molesting women in this manner sometimes wearing a facemask and report that his extensive journals made reference to "conquer play", a euphemism describing his sexual assaults on women he wrote were "only good for sex" and on which he sought revenge, "revenge on the world"[6] drugging them with chloroform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44993 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Parky, is that an extract from your journal, you absolute psycho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35120 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13894 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I've ordered Killer on the Road by Ginger Strand (not to be confused with the James Ellroy novel) which sounds intresting, but I haven't read it yet I'm afraid. That John Wayne Gacy was a funny fucker though, wasn't he? Â Fair play to the clowning industry for surviving the trend of clown serial killers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 I've read Helter Skelter and one about Bundy and one about Dahmer. All were a bit sensationalism. Looking for more case history type things...Insight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 Parky, is that an extract from your journal, you absolute psycho? Â I limit myself to a brief hair sniff tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 I was looking at the Samuel Johnson Prize nominees last night as I'm after some new books to read. Â People Who Eat The Darkness was long listed last year. About the killing of Lucie Blackman in Japan and how her killer had been doing it to women for 30 odd year.... Â Turns out a lot of it is about power and powerlessness rather than sex apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Turns out a lot of it is about power and powerlessness rather than sex apparently. Â Apparently these sorts of things are so alien in Japanese culture the coppers had no clue about linking the crimes at all. Â Says something about east versus west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gejon 2 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Born Killers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacinofan 0 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 (edited) Not serial killers, but a pretty gruesome twosome involved in Truman Capote's 'In Cold Blood', about the quadruple murder of a family in Kansas. It's a well researched book and gives a very good analysis of the relationship between the two killers. Â It's a very old book so you've probably read it, but if you haven't it's well worth a read. It's weird to think that the same fella (Capote) wrote 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' . Edited November 20, 2012 by Pacinofan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 Not serial killers, but a pretty gruesome twosome involved in Truman Capote's 'In Cold Blood', about the quadruple murder of a family in Kansas. It's a well researched book and gives a very good analysis of the relationship between the two killers. Â It's a very old book so you've probably read it, but if you haven't it's well worth a read. It's weird to think that the same fella (Capote) wrote 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' . Â Looks very interesting will hunt it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35120 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 In Cold Blood is quality, Parky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44993 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Aye, one of my favorite books. Surprised Parquhar hasn't rang it tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 Aye, one of my favorite books. Surprised Parquhar hasn't rang it tbh. Â Gay writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35120 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Breakfast at Tiffany's is good too like, despite the lack of murders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 Breakfast at Tiffany's is good too like, despite the lack of murders. Â The new Iain Banks is good. Also the Will Self interviews book: Junk Mail. - Brett Easton ellis, drugs, Burroughs, Maritn amis etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35120 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I hate Martin Amis. I do like Will Self though. Not enough to actually read any more of his novels mind. That might be canny, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 I hate Martin Amis. I do like Will Self though. Not enough to actually read any more of his novels mind. That might be canny, however. Â Yeah can't get through the novels. Bit of a hack imo. These interviews are canny. The Amis interview is about why people hate him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35120 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Actually Money is ok. London Fields is an absolute steaming turd of a book though. And he comes across as a right twat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 Actually Money is ok. London Fields is an absolute steaming turd of a book though. And he comes across as a right twat. Â Money is the best one. It's the one that broke America for him. Also there is a big J.G. Ballard interview at the end which imo is a must read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35120 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Ballard's autobiography is class as it happens. Written when he knew he was on the way out. Obviously his novels are great too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35120 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Gay writer. You read any of Simon Raven's Alms for Oblivion series by the way, Parkster? I was reminded of you a bit by Fielding Gray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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