Popular Crime: Reflections on the Celebration of Violence

by Bill James

Book Overview

From the one-of-kind mind of Bill James, famous for revolutionizing the way we think about baseball, comes a "thought-provoking meditation" (Seattle Times) and epic tour through American crime--now available in paperback.The man who revolutionized the way we think about baseball examines our cultural obsession with murder--delivering a unique, engrossing, brilliant history of tabloid crime in America. Celebrated writer and contrarian Bill James has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 141655274X
• ISBN13: 9781416552741
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Super readable

This book is a super entertaing and readable book. His style is fun, thought provoking and not overly pretentious. He seems to be a bit of a skeptic, but ultiamtely lets the reader draw their own conclusions.