DownloadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2024

The Sleep of Reason

The James Bulger Case

David James Smith author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Faber & Faber

Published:2nd Nov '17

Should be back in stock very soon

The Sleep of Reason cover

The definitive book on the James Bulger case, previously published in Faber Finds, now available in a new paperback edition.

A sensitive and definitive account, The Sleep of Reason achieves a unique understanding of the James Bulger case, and comes as close as may ever be possible to explaining how two ten-year-olds could kill.Friday, 12th February, 1993. Two outwardly unremarkable ten-year-old boys began the day by playing truant and ended it running an errand for the local video shop. In between they abducted and killed a two-year-old boy, James Bulger. In search of an explanation, award-winning journalist David James Smith looks behind the misinformation, misunderstanding and sensational reporting to an exact account of the events of that day. A sensitive and definitive account, The Sleep of Reason achieves a unique understanding of the James Bulger case, and comes as close as may ever be possible to explaining how two ten-year-olds could kill.

ISBN: 9780571340569

Dimensions: 199mm x 128mm x 20mm

Weight: 265g

336 pages

Main