HAPPY LIKE MURDERERS

HAPPY LIKE MURDERERS

by Gordon Burn (Author)

Synopsis

In February 1994, the bodies of seven women were excavated at the West's house, 25 Cromwell Street, Gloucester. As the true horror of what happened there unfolded it became clear that this was the most infamous series of murders in Britain in the 20th century.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 468
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 1999

ISBN 10: 0571197574
ISBN 13: 9780571197576
Book Overview: Gordon Burn won the Whitbread First Novel Prize for Alma Cogan , and is the author of Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son , about the Yorkshire Ripper.

Author Bio
Gordon Burn was born in Newcastle in 1948 and now lives in London. He is the author of the novels Alma Cogan (winner of the 1992 Whitbread First Novel Prize), Fullalove and The North of England Home Service (published in Spring 2003). He is also the author of the works of non-fiction, Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son (winner of a US Edgar Allan Poe award), Pocket Money and Happy Like Murderers. He wrote the text for Damien Hirst's book, I want to spend the rest of my life everywhere, with everyone, one to one, always, forever, now (1997), before their collaboration On the Way to Work (2001). In 1991 he was named columnist of the year in the Magazine Publishing Awards for his sports column in Esquire.