Covering Darkness: Writing True Crime explores the wideranging genre of true crime writing and outlines the surprising literary lineage with a variety of writers.
For once Wild's biography is subordinated to consideration of the value of his work. This penetrating critical analysis is based on philosophical as well as literary points of view.
Mystery and monsters that emerge from the mist | Alexander is apprentice to Professor Cordite, the kind of man who “meticulously calculated possibilities” and looked “more like a highway man than a university Professor”.