{"product_id":"fiend-the-shocking-true-story-of-americas-youngest-serial-killer-paperback","title":"Fiend: The Shocking True Story of Americas Youngest Serial Killer - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHarold Schechter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA MONSTER PREYED UPON THE CHILDREN OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY BOSTON. HIS CRIMES WERE APPALLING -- AND YET HE WAS LITTLE MORE THAN A CHILD HIMSELF.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When fourteen-year-old Jesse Pomeroy was arrested in 1874, a nightmarish reign of terror over an unsuspecting city came to an end. \"The Boston Boy Fiend\" was imprisoned at last. But the complex questions sparked by his ghastly crime spree -- the hows and whys of vicious juvenile crime -- were as relevant in the so-called Age of Innocence as they are today. \u003cbr\u003e Jesse Pomeroy was outwardly repellent in appearance, with a gruesome \"dead\" eye; inside, he was deformed beyond imagining. A sexual sadist of disturbing precocity, he satisfied his atrocious appetites by abducting and torturing his child victims. But soon, the teenager's bloodlust gave way to another obsession: murder. \u003cbr\u003e Harold Schechter, whose true-crime masterpieces are \"well-documented nightmares for anyone who dares to look\" (\u003ci\u003ePeoria Journal Star\u003c\/i\u003e), brings his acclaimed mix of page-turning storytelling, brilliant insight, and fascinating historical documentation to \u003ci\u003eFiend\u003c\/i\u003e -- an unforgettable account from the annals of American crime.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9.17 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45397283635302,"sku":"9780671014483","price":26.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/TEl6WWlUQyszVjIyR1NqV3NlMnkwQT09.webp?v=1775422204","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/fiend-the-shocking-true-story-of-americas-youngest-serial-killer-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}