Baker & Taylor In a graphic novel that was originally self-published, the author offers an account of growing up in the same schools as Jeffrey Dahmer, who went on to become one of the most notorious serial killers and cannibals in U.S. history. Simultaneous. 25,000 first printing.
Baker & Taylor In graphic novel format, the author offers an account of growing up in the same schools as Jeffrey Dahmer, who went on to become one of the most notorious serial killers and cannibals in United States history.
Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
A national bestseller, Derf Backderfâs Alex Award winner My Friend Dahmer is the bone-chilling graphic novel that inspired the major motion picture. Â You only think you know this story. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmerâthe most notorious serial killer since Jack the Ripperâseared himself into the American consciousness. To the public, Dahmer was a monster who committed unthinkable atrocities.
To Derf Backderf, âJeffâ was a much more complex figure: a high school friend with whom he had shared classrooms, hallways, and car rides. Â In My Friend Dahmer, a haunting and original graphic novel, writer-artist Derf Backderf creates a surprisingly sympathetic portrait of a disturbed young man struggling against the morbid urges emanating from the deep recesses of his psycheâa shy kid, a teenage alcoholic, and a goofball who never quite fit in with his classmates.
With profound insight, what emerges is a Jeffrey Dahmer that few ever really knew, and one readers will never forget.
Also available by Derf Backderf: Trashed Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio
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