The Lust for Blood: Why We Are Fascinated by Death, Murder, Horror, and Violence

by Jeffrey A. Kottler

How do we explain the lurid fascination that most people experience when confronted by real or simulated acts of violence, murder, horror, and crime? This is the subject examined in this candid assessment of our dark vicarious thrills. Based on a series of interviews with perpetrators, victims, and "consumers" of violence, including several celebrities, the author of a best-selling book on serial killers explores what there is about this subject that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616142286
• ISBN13: 9781616142285
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"