The Spider and the Fly: A Reporter, a Serial Killer, and the Meaning of Murder
Autor Claudia Roween Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 ian 2017
“Extraordinarily suspenseful and truly gut-wrenching. . . . A must-read.”—Gillian Flynn, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Gone Girl
In this superb work of literary true crime—a spellbinding combination of memoir and psychological suspense—a female journalist chronicles her unusual connection with a convicted serial killer and her search to understand the darkness inside us.
"Well, well, Claudia. Can I call you Claudia? I’ll have to give it to you, when confronted at least you’re honest, as honest as any reporter. . . . You want to go into the depths of my mind and into my past. I want a peek into yours. It is only fair, isn’t it?"—Kendall Francois
In September 1998, young reporter Claudia Rowe was working as a stringer for the New York Times in Poughkeepsie, New York, when local police discovered the bodies of eight women stashed in the attic and basement of the small colonial home that Kendall Francois, a painfully polite twenty-seven-year-old community college student, shared with his parents and sister.
Growing up amid the safe, bourgeois affluence of New York City, Rowe had always been secretly fascinated by the darkness, and soon became obsessed with the story and with Francois. She was consumed with the desire to understand just how a man could abduct and strangle eight women—and how a family could live for two years, seemingly unaware, in a house with the victims’ rotting corpses. She also hoped to uncover what humanity, if any, a murderer could maintain in the wake of such monstrous evil.
Reaching out after Francois was arrested, Rowe and the serial killer began a dizzying four-year conversation about cruelty, compassion, and control; an unusual and provocative relationship that would eventually lead her to the abyss, forcing her to clearly see herself and her own past—and why she was drawn to danger.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780062497628
ISBN-10: 0062497626
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:Text mare
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperLargePrint
ISBN-10: 0062497626
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:Text mare
Editura: HarperCollins Publishers
Colecția HarperLargePrint
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Poughkeepsie, New York, 1998.
Eight women had gone missing over the past two years and few were looking for them. The police had a lead—Kendall Francois, a large, awkward African American man that detectives had largely written off because he didn’t fit the familiar serial killer stereotypes. One evening, Francois shook the region to its core by confessing to a prosecutor that he had eight bodies stored in his home.
The town became consumed with a desire to understand how this man could have committed such brazen crimes. Claudia Rowe, a young reporter living in Poughkeepsie, wanted to understand too, with a desperation that stunned her. Over nearly five years and through a series of letters, phone calls, and visits that consumed her life, Rowe engaged with a killer in a dizzying conversation about cruelty, compassion, and control.
A search for the origins of the darkest parts of human nature, a beautifully written tale of a reporter’s relationship with her subject, a coming-of-age story that forces a deep reckoning with ourselves, a sociological dissection of class, race and crime, The Spider and the Fly is a multifaceted reading experience that will chill you to the bone.
Eight women had gone missing over the past two years and few were looking for them. The police had a lead—Kendall Francois, a large, awkward African American man that detectives had largely written off because he didn’t fit the familiar serial killer stereotypes. One evening, Francois shook the region to its core by confessing to a prosecutor that he had eight bodies stored in his home.
The town became consumed with a desire to understand how this man could have committed such brazen crimes. Claudia Rowe, a young reporter living in Poughkeepsie, wanted to understand too, with a desperation that stunned her. Over nearly five years and through a series of letters, phone calls, and visits that consumed her life, Rowe engaged with a killer in a dizzying conversation about cruelty, compassion, and control.
A search for the origins of the darkest parts of human nature, a beautifully written tale of a reporter’s relationship with her subject, a coming-of-age story that forces a deep reckoning with ourselves, a sociological dissection of class, race and crime, The Spider and the Fly is a multifaceted reading experience that will chill you to the bone.
Recenzii
“Extraordinarily suspenseful and truly gut-wrenching, The Spider and the Fly is not just a superb true-crime story but an insightful investigation of the nature of evil, the fragility of good, and the crooked road that can turn human beings into monsters. A must-read.” — GILLIAN FLYNN, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Gone Girl
“Part psychological thriller and part gut-wrenching memoir, The Spider and the Fly crosses boundaries on nearly every page. It is chilling, self-revelatory, and unforgettable.” — ROBERT KOLKER, author of the New York Times bestseller Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery
“Claudia Rowe catalogues her obsession with a serial killer so mesmerizingly that before I knew it, I too was obsessed...But this is not merely a recounting of a descent, it is equally a memoir of discovery through the lens of potential evil. I literally could not put it down.” — Alan Cumming, author of the New York Times bestseller Not My Father's Son
“Rowe’s engaging prose means the pages practically turn themselves.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Readers seeking a literary look at the psychology of a criminal will find much to hold them rapt.” — Booklist
“Part psychological thriller and part gut-wrenching memoir, The Spider and the Fly crosses boundaries on nearly every page. It is chilling, self-revelatory, and unforgettable.” — ROBERT KOLKER, author of the New York Times bestseller Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery
“Claudia Rowe catalogues her obsession with a serial killer so mesmerizingly that before I knew it, I too was obsessed...But this is not merely a recounting of a descent, it is equally a memoir of discovery through the lens of potential evil. I literally could not put it down.” — Alan Cumming, author of the New York Times bestseller Not My Father's Son
“Rowe’s engaging prose means the pages practically turn themselves.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Readers seeking a literary look at the psychology of a criminal will find much to hold them rapt.” — Booklist
Notă biografică
Claudia Rowe is an award-winning journalist who has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Currently a staff writer at the Seattle Times, she has published work in numerous newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, Mother Jones, Huffington Post, Women's Day, Yes! and Seattle's alternative weekly, The Stranger. She has been honored by the Society of Professional Journalists, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, and the Journalism Center on Children & Families, which awarded her a Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism.