The Sleep of Reason
- Authors
- Smith, David James
- Publisher
- Faber Faber
- Tags
- history
- Date
- 1994-04-27T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.36 MB
- Lang
- en
Friday, 12th February, 1993. Two outwardly unremarkable ten-year-old boys began the day by playing truant and ended it running an errand for the local video shop. In between they abducted and killed a two-year-old boy, James Bulger. In search of an explanation, award-winning journalist David James Smith looks behind the misinformation, misunderstanding and sensational reporting to an exact account of the events of that day. A sensitive and definitive account, The Sleep of Reason achieves a unique understanding of the James Bulger case, and comes as close as may ever be possible to explaining how two ten-year-olds could kill. **