I picked up Sebastian Junger’s “A Death In Belmont” at the Harvard Book Store a few months ago and just got time to get to it last weekend. I was bored after finishing off three or four books that I’d started and were languishing around and I couldn’t find anything on my shelf that I was particularly interested in.
At first I thought I wouldn’t like the book at all. I bought it because it had local connections, and I not read anything by the author before. I was pleasantly surprised by the content, and very impressed with Junger’s simple style. I was kept interested from beginning to end, and finished this book over the course of two Saturdays.
The book is related to the Boston Strangler, and one murder in particular for which a different man was convicted. It takes place in and around where I live, and I enjoy books that I have a connection to. Also, the book is part of the author’s life, as Albert DeSalvo himself had been doing a construction job on his house in 1962 when he was a small child.
I recommend this book to anyone interested in the Strangler case, anyone who was impressed by the writing style of “The Perfect Storm”, and anyone who wants an interesting look at the life of criminals, not just the Strangler.
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