COMPULSION

MEYER LEVIN

Edité par SIMON & SCHUSTER, NEW YORK, NY, 1956

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THIS BOOK BY MEYER LEVIN IS A FICTIONALIZED VERSION OF THE MAY, 1924 KIDNAPPING AND MURDER OF A 14 YEAR OLD BO,Y, BOBBY FRANK, IN SOUTH CHICAGO. THE MURDERERS WERE NATHAN FREUDENTHAL LEOPOLD JR. AND RICHARD ALBERT LOEB, 18 YEAR OLD WEALTH Y COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO PLOTTED THE KIDNAPPING AND MURDER AS A "PERFECT CRIME" FOR TH E THRILL OF THE EXPERIENCE.THEIR PLOT UNRAVELED WHEN EYE GLASSES LOST AT THE CRIME SCENE WERE FOUND AND TRACED TO THE KILLERS. THE FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF THE CRIME BY MEYER LEVIN IS MINUTELY DETAILED AS IF THE READER WERE PRESENT DURING THE PLANNING AND CARRYING OUT OF THE CRIME ITSELF. THE MURDERERS WERE CONVICTED OF THE CRIME AND THROUGH THE LEGAL SKILLS OF THEIR LAWYER CLARENCE DARROW, HE WAS ABLE TO GET THEM SENTENCED TO LIFE PLUS 99 YEARS IMPRISONMENT RATHER THAN THE DEATH PENALTY, THE BOOK AND STORY WAS PRODUCED AS A THEATRE PLAY AND ALSO A MOVIE. THE AUTHOR AND BOOK IS LISTED IN "CHICAGO IN STORY A LITERARY HISTORY" BY CLARENCE A. ANDREWS. N° de réf. du vendeur 003307

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Titre : COMPULSION

Éditeur : SIMON & SCHUSTER, NEW YORK, NY

Date d'édition : 1956

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : Very Good

Edition : First Edition.