Bibliograph

My friend Dahmer, a graphic novel, [text and illustrations] by Derf Backderf ; [editor, Charles Kochman]

Type

Label

My friend Dahmer, a graphic novel, [text and illustrations] by Derf Backderf ; [editor, Charles Kochman]

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-220)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

My friend Dahmer

Nature of contents

bibliographycomics graphic novels

Oclc number

746316123

Responsibility statement

[text and illustrations] by Derf Backderf ; [editor, Charles Kochman]

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR, UG, 3.6, 1.0, 157427.

Sub title

a graphic novel

Summary

In these pages, Backderf tries to make sense of future serial killer Jeffery Dahmer with whom he shared classrooms, hallways, and car rides in suburban Ohio in the 1970s. What emerges is a surprisingly sympathetic portrait of a disturbed young man struggling helplessly against the ghastly urges bubbling up from the deep recesses of his psyche. The Dahmer recounted here, universally regarded as an inhumane monster, is a lonely oddball who, in reality, is all too human. A shy kid sucked inexorably into madness while the adults in his life fail to notice. Backderf provides profound (and at times, even strangely comic) insight into how, and more important, why Jeffery Dahmer transformed from a high school nerd into the a depraved fiend as notorious as Jack the Ripper. Backderf comes as close as anyone has to explaining the seemingly unexplainable phenomenon of one Jeffery Dahmer, Revered High School class of 1978

Table Of Contents

Preface: the convoluted history of 'My friend Dahmer' -- Prologue -- pt. 1. The strange boy -- pt. 2. A secret life -- pt. 3. The Dahmer fan club -- pt. 4. Becoming the monster -- pt. 5. Fade to black -- Epilogue

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