Clark, Eliza
Penance: the cult hit of the summer
- ISBN 13:
- 9780571371761
- author:
- Clark, Eliza
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Faber & Faber
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 448
- Dimensions:
- 21.6 x 13.5 x 3.2 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
A chilling and thought-provoking true crime story, Penance is a deeply unsettling exploration of human nature and our darkest proclivities. In 1994, a horrific crime shook a seaside town in Yorkshire, leaving a community reeling. Nearly a decade later, journalist Alec Z. Carelli has pieced together the events surrounding the tragedy through hours of interviews with witnesses and family members, as well as correspondence with those responsible. This book is a complex and nuanced examination of the media's obsession with true crime, and the devastating consequences that can follow. With painstaking historical research and meticulous attention to detail, Penance raises important questions about power, class, and gender, and the depraved side of human nature that can sometimes lurk beneath the surface. A compulsively readable and thought-provoking account, Penance is a deeply unsettling read that will leave you questioning the darker aspects of human nature.
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