Description
| Product ID: | 9781419702174 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Series: | Graphic Biographies |
| Title: | My Friend Dahmer |
| Authors: | Author: Derf Backderf |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | Classic European style / tradition comic books, Graphic novels: true stories & non-fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating In 1991, serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer seared himself into the American consciousness. To Backderf, "Jeff" was a high school friend. In this haunting and original graphic novel, Backderf creates a surprisingly sympathetic portrait of a disturbed young man struggling against the morbid urges emanating from the deep recesses of his psyche. A national bestseller, Derf Backderf’s Alex Award winner My Friend Dahmer is the bone-chilling graphic novel that inspired the major motion picture. You only think you know this story. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer—the most notorious serial killer since Jack the Ripper—seared himself into the American consciousness. To the public, Dahmer was a monster who committed unthinkable atrocities. To Derf Backderf, “Jeff” was a much more complex figure: a high school friend with whom he had shared classrooms, hallways, and car rides. In My Friend Dahmer, a haunting and original graphic novel, writer-artist Derf Backderf creates a surprisingly sympathetic portrait of a disturbed young man struggling against the morbid urges emanating from the deep recesses of his psyche—a shy kid, a teenage alcoholic, and a goofball who never quite fit in with his classmates. With profound insight, what emerges is a Jeffrey Dahmer that few ever really knew, and one readers will never forget. Also available by Derf Backderf: Trashed Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio |
| Imprint Name: | Abrams |
| Publisher Name: | Abrams |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2012-03-01 |
