{"product_id":"9780671014483","title":"Fiend : The Shocking True Story Of Americas Youngest Serial Killer","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFiend\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Harold Schechter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780671014483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40944904306894,"sku":"9780671014483","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_11a46350-7098-4b60-a14a-59c307f819d9.jpg?v=1646054531","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780671014483","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}