Description: By turns exciting and subtle, "A Death in Belmont" chronicles three lives that collide--and are ultimately destroyed--in the vortex of one of the most controversial serial murder cases. The power of the story and the brilliance of Junger's reporting make this an instant classic.
Brief description:
SEBASTIAN JUNGER is the New York Times bestselling author of Tribe, War, Freedom, A Death in Belmont, Fire, and The Perfect Storm, and co-director of the documentary film Restrepo, which was nominated for an Academy Award. He is also the winner of a Peabody Award and the National Magazine Award for Reporting.
Review Quotes:
"Junger's clear, beautifully reasonable writing is the literary equivalent of night-vision goggles....He's navigating a maze of shadows, and you can see all the more clearly what an enormously skillful prose artist he is....Junger entrances the reader by picking out small details that give the events he's describing an enthralling vividness and resonance and clarity." - Time magazine
"[I] couldn't put it down for four hours--and then did so only because [my] flight had landed." - Newsweek
"Riveting...reads like a novel. Its narrative line is crisp....a worthy sequel to THE PERFECT STORM." - New York Times Book Review
"[Junger's] a hell of a storyteller." - Entertainment Weekly
"Junger has done a remarkable job in recreating the story of the damaged little boy who became a serial killer, and those whose lives he changed....Reading Junger, one cannot help being reminded of Truman Capote's brilliant reconstruction of another brutal slaying, In Cold Blood, and noting that he stands the test of comparison." - Daily Mail (London)
"Dramatic and compelling." - Boston magazine
"Best-selling author Junger gives us a fresh look at the Boston Strangler crime story by examining his own family lore....Junger has written a well-documented page-turner that leaves us wanting more.... Highly recommended." - Library Journal
"A meticulously researched evocation of a time of terror, wrapped around a chilling, personal footnote." - Kirkus Reviews
"As Junger showed in his bestselling The Perfect Storm, he's a hell of a storyteller. . . . This perplexing story gains an extra degree of creepiness from Junger's personal connection to it." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)