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The Long Shadow of Small Ghosts - Murder and Memory in an American City (Paperback)
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The Long Shadow of Small Ghosts - Murder and Memory in an American City (Paperback)
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Loot Price R258
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On March 11, 2003, in Brownsville, Texas - one of America's poorest
cities - John Allen Rubio and Angela Camacho murdered their three
young children. The apartment building in which the brutal crimes
took place was already rundown, and in their aftermath a consensus
developed in the community that it should be destroyed. It was a
place, neighbours felt, that was plagued by spiritual cancer. In
2008, journalist Laura Tillman covered the story for The
Brownsville Herald. The questions it raised haunted her,
particularly one asked by the sole member of the city's Heritage
Council to oppose demolition: is there any such thing as an evil
building? Her investigation took her far beyond that question,
revealing the nature of the toll that the crime exacted on a city
already wracked with poverty. It sprawled into a six-year inquiry
into the larger significance of such acts, ones so difficult to
imagine or explain that their perpetrators are often dismissed as
monsters alien to humanity. With meticulous attention and stunning
compassion, Tillman surveyed those surrounding the crimes, speaking
with the lawyers who tried the case, the family's neighbours and
relatives and teachers, even one of the murderers: John Allen Rubio
himself, whom she corresponded with for years and ultimately met in
person. The result is a brilliant exploration of some of our age's
most important social issues, from poverty to mental illness to the
death penalty, and a beautiful, profound meditation on the truly
human forces that drive them. It is disturbing, insightful, and
mesmerizing in equal measure.
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