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Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Description
"In 1908 an elderly woman was brutally murdered in her Glasgow apartment. The police found a convenient but innocent suspect in Oscar Slater -- a Jewish cardsharp -- who was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, already the world-famous creator of Sherlock Holmes, was outraged by this injustice and became obsessed with the case. Over the years he scoured trial transcripts, newspaper accounts, and police diaries, meticulously...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
This literary study from McEneaney (Russell Banks: In Search of Freedom) is a thorough if sometimes heavy-going examination of Hunter S. Thompson's place in American letters, with a focus on the "gonzo" style he created. McEneaney spends much of the book on an extensive analysis of Thompson's autobiographical novel, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. He explores the author's complicated friendship with attorney Oscar Zeta Acosta, the inspiration for...
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