Happy Like Murderers

Gordon Burn

Sep 2011 · Faber & Faber

About this ebook

An account of two people - Fred and Rose West - who lived together, raised (and killed) children, provided sexual services for anyone interested, and pretended to provide social services for single women. Investigated and told by one of the greatest journalists and writers of the last twenty years, this is the most powerful and upsetting true crime book you will ever read.

Ratings and reviews

Poorly written, jumps all over the place and very slow. Lost interest, it's first book in agest that i couldnt even be bothered finishing. Wish i had stopped at the sample and not wasted my money.

I wasn't a huge fan of this author. I found a lot pf repetitiveness in the book it was an alright book just way too long for my liking. And it took way to long to get into the actual details.

Lots of blathering about irrelevant people. Lots of repetition. Not well written.

About the author

Gordon Burn was the author of four novels, Alma Cogan (winner of the Whitbread First Novel Prize), Fullalove, The North of England Home Service and Born Yesterday. He was also the author of the non-fiction titles Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son, Pocket Money, Happy Like Murderers, On The Way to Work (with Damien Hirst) and Best and Edwards. His last book, Sex & Violence, Death and Silence, was a collection of his essays on art.