
Deviant
The True Story of Ed Gein, the Original Psycho
Harold Schechter(Author)
Pocket Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. February 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-671-73915-7 (ISBN)
Description
Known for meticulously researched and brilliantly detailed accounts of horrific true crime legends, Harold Schechter takes readers inside the very heart and mind of true evil. Here is the grisly truth of Ed Gein, the killer whose fiendish fantasies inspired Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho' - the mild mannered farmhand bound to his dominating mother, driven into a series of gruesome and bizarre acts beyond all imagining. In chilling detail, DEVIANT explores the incredible career of one of the most twisted madmen in the annals of crime - and how he turned a small Wisconsin farmhouse into his own private playground of ghoulishness and blood.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-A)
Illustrations
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Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 111 mm
Weight
146 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-671-73915-7 (9780671739157)
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Person
Harold Schechter is Professor at Queen's College, The City University of New York. Renowned for his true-crime writing, he is the author of five non-fiction books: BESTIAL, DEVIANT, DERANGED, DEPRAVED and THE A TO Z ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SERIAL KILLERS.