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Jeffrey Dahmer

1992, Joel Norris

4.3/5

With of a multitude of typos, minor factual inconsistencies, and an odd conglomeration of photos, this book read much like a high school report. Aside from the fact that I wish I read it with a pencil so I could give this book a much needed edit, it was decently informative ... of course if you take it with a grain of salt. There's a photo in the center of the book of man standing in front of a house with a caption stating the man is "Bobby Simpson, one of Dahmer's living victims" though there is no mention of Bobby Simpson anywhere else in the book. Also, several of the victims approximate dates of death have incorrect years, and in one chapter apparently Dahmer's final arrest and trial took place in the early 80s. And tell me again .. was it 911 Operator number 21 or number 71? Who knows ...I'm not sure exactly how much merit to give the facts in a book that contains a paragraph with the first letter of the first sentence in lowercase ... especially when it also happens to also be someone's name. Maybe the fact that the book came out in a hurry after Dahmer's arrest and subsequent trial had something to do with the disheveled result, but I still would have expected Dr. Norris to proof read this relatively short bit of history. Thankfully I only paid $3 at a used book store for this one.
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