Killing For Company
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cornerstone
Published:17th Sep '20
Should be back in stock very soon
A groundbreaking criminal study of the serial killer and necrophiliac Dennis Nilsen.
WINNER OF THE GOLD DAGGER AWARD FOR CRIME NON-FICTION
The definitive,Sunday Timesbestselling true story of serial-killer Dennis Nilsen and the murders he committed, written with Nilsen's full cooperation.
‘A seminal look into the criminal mind’ Daily Mail
‘An important book which screams to be read’ New Statesman
Before his arrest in 1983, Dennis Nilsen admitted to killing at least 15 people. This ground-breaking criminal study of his killings was written with Nilsen's full cooperation, resulting in a fascinating - and horrifying - portrait of the man who worshipped death.
In February 1983, residents of Muswell Hill had been plagued by blocked drains. When a plumber was called to investigate, he discovered a large blockage of biological material. To his horror, it appeared to be formed of human flesh and bones.
The next day, local resident Dennis Nilsen was arrested.
'Are we talking about one body or two?' a detective asked. 'Fifteen or sixteen, since 1978,’ Nilsen replied. ‘I'll tell you everything.'
Within days he had confessed to fifteen gruesome murders over a period of four years. His victims, mostly young gay men at a time when society cared little for them, had been overlooked.
Killing for Company is a unique study of a murderer's mind, essential reading for true crime aficionados.
Praise for Killing for Company:
'You really have to read this extraordinary book to get a full flavour of the weirdness of Nilsen and his crimes' SUNDAY TIMES
'Probably the best thing of its kind since In Cold Blood . . . a classic study in criminal mentality' YORKSHIRE POST
'Without any doubt one of the most remarkable, complete and most humanely informative accounts of a murderer's mind ever achieved’ NEW SOCIETY
'The book is a perceptive and at times coldly brutal assessment of Nilsen's psychology' MIRROR
'A comprehensive and compelling account' FINANCIAL TIMES
‘One of the most remarkable and accurate accounts ever written of the singular relationship between a mass murderer and a society . . . a bloody masterpiece.' BERYL BAINBRIDGE, author of The Dressmaker
Brian Masters has given us a full, well-ordered, dispassionate account of Nilsen's life and crimes * The Times *
A comprehensive and compelling account * Financial Times *
Brian Masters can rest assured that the job he undertook with such obvious doubts was one worth doing * Spectator *
Probably the best thing of its kind since In Cold Blood...a classic study in criminal mentality * Yorkshire Post *
Quite brilliant in its assimilation of the facts... Killing for Company is a book that needed to be written, and has been executed with extreme skill and good sense * Time Out *
A seminal look into the criminal mind * Daily Mail *
Simultaneously gripping and repellent... I feel confident that I will not read again in 1985 a more fascinating and repulsive tale, be it fact or fiction * Literary Review *
The book is a perceptive and at times coldly brutal assessment of Nilsen's psychology * Daily Mirror *
An important book which screams to be read * New Statesman *
A compelling and remarkable book... through Masters' fine writing the reader suspends his nausea for the crimes, and concentrates with Nilsen on his motives and himself * The Listener *
ISBN: 9781787466258
Dimensions: 199mm x 129mm x 23mm
Weight: 256g
368 pages