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A Handbook for Attendants on the Insane
A Handbook for Attendants on the Insane: the autobiography of Jack the Ripper as revealed to Clanash Farjeon
Farjeon, Clanash (pseud.)
Canada.: Trafford Publishing.. 2003.
325pp. [Fiction]
ISBN: 155395792x

Casebook Review:

One of the better Ripper fictions to recently hit the market. The story is told from the killer's point of view in the form of an autobiography by Dr. L. Forbes Winslow, who had a tangential involvement in the Ripper investigation in 1888 and beyond. Here, Winslow is driven by a compulsion to "see God" in the face of his murdered victims. The prose is well-executed and Victorian in style, and although occasionally the autobiographical "confession" gets sidetracked by long-winded, sanctimonious soliloquys, the book remains on course and delivers a compelling finish. Farjeon (a pseudonym) even weaves the Maybrick diary into the tale, along with "cameo" appearances by an echolaliac Joseph Barnett and many other Ripperine figures. Recommended.


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       Press Reports: Atlanta Constitution - 17 June 1894 
       Press Reports: Atlanta Constitution - 25 December 1896 
       Press Reports: Daily News - 10 November 1888 
       Press Reports: Daily News - 31 October 1888 
       Press Reports: Daily News - 4 October 1888 
       Press Reports: Daily Telegraph - 20 September 1888 
       Press Reports: Eastern Post - 21 September 1889 
       Press Reports: Echo - 25 September 1888 
       Press Reports: El Nacional - 24 October 1889 
       Press Reports: Evening News - 1 October 1888 
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       Press Reports: Evening News - 25 September 1888 
       Press Reports: Evening News - 31 October 1888 
       Press Reports: Evening Standard - 11 September 1888 
       Press Reports: Fort Wayne Gazette - 4 October 1895 
       Press Reports: Fort Wayne News - 2 September 1895 
       Press Reports: Indianapolis Star - 6 July 1913 
       Press Reports: Irish Times - 26 September 1888 
       Press Reports: Lancet - 22 September 1888 
       Press Reports: Mansfield News - 29 September 1910 
       Press Reports: Marion Daily Star - 16 September 1895 
       Press Reports: Montreal Gazette - 4 October 1888 
       Press Reports: Morning Advertiser - 12 September 1888 
       Press Reports: Morning Advertiser - 2 October 1888 
       Press Reports: New Oxford Item - 6 September 1895 
       Press Reports: New York Times - 1 September 1895 
       Press Reports: North Eastern Daily Gazette - 3 October 1888 
       Press Reports: Olean Democrat - 13 September 1895 
       Press Reports: Penny Illustrated Paper - 3 August 1889 
       Press Reports: People - 23 September 1888 
       Press Reports: People - 4 November 1888 
       Press Reports: Port Philip Herald - 26 November 1889 
       Press Reports: Star - 21 September 1888 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 12 September 1888 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 25 September 1888 
       Press Reports: Times [London] - 9 June 1913 
       Press Reports: Washington Post - 15 May 1910 
       Press Reports: Washington Post - 26 June 1911 
       Press Reports: Washington Post - 9 June 1913 
       Press Reports: Wichita Daily Times - 18 August 1910 
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