{"product_id":"luke-karamazov-paperback","title":"Luke Karamazov - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eConrad Hilberry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEmanuel Tanay\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eA vivd and detailed portrait of serial murder brothers Luke Karamazov and Tommy Searl.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eLuke Karamazov \u003c\/i\u003eis the true story of two brothers who were convicted of serial murders. In 1964, Luke Karamozov (n馥 Ralph Searl) confessed to killing five men over a three-month period; following in his grisly footsteps was his younger brother, Tommy Searl, who was sentenced for the rape and murder of four young women in or around the brothers' hometown of Kalamazoo. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe events described in the book have the drama of fiction, but are very real events. Conrad Hilberry based his account on interviews with the two men, their friends, the woman whom they both married, and prison officials. Choosing to focus more on the texture of the men's lives than on the crimes themselves, Hilberry explores the movement of their thoughts and the ways in which they have each dealt with their brutal childhoods and their lives in prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eLuke Karamazov \u003c\/i\u003eis an unusually vivid and detailed study of two contrasting psychological types. Drawing on Ernest Becker's \u003ci\u003eDenial of Death, \u003c\/i\u003eHilberry presents Karamazov and his brother as extreme instances of behavior and states of mind that, surprisingly, are not uncommon. The result is a story that is at once bizarre and psychologically interesting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eConrad Hilberry is the author of several books of poetry including \u003ci\u003eUntil the Full Moon Has Its Say\u003c\/i\u003e (Wayne State University Press, 2014) and \u003ci\u003eSorting the Smoke, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the Iowa Poets' Prize. Now retired, Hilberry has had a long career teaching literature and creative writing at Kalamazoo College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42704361816127,"sku":"9780814342886","price":58.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7ebe1eee6648ef87ba362ff3d908876f.webp?v=1765032978","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/luke-karamazov-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}