Paul Williams (5) (1964–)
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Paul Williams is Ireland's most respected crime journalist and true crime author. A qualified criminologist, he has won a number of major journalism awards for his investigative work for the Sunday World. He has been responsible for a string of major exposes about John Gilligan, his gang and the mehr anzeigen murder of Veronica Guerin. Williams is the best-selling author of Gangland and The General, which was made into an award-winning feature film by director John Boorman weniger anzeigen
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Werke von Paul Williams
Almost the Perfect Murder: The Killing of Elaine O'Hara, the Extraordinary Garda Investigation and the Trial That… (2015) 17 Exemplare
Gangland: The Shocking Exposé of the Criminal Underworld (True Crime (Dublin, Ireland).) (1998) 15 Exemplare
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Wissenswertes
- Geburtstag
- 1964-12-15
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- Ireland
- Berufe
- journalist
- Organisationen
- Irish Sun
- Kurzbiographie
- Paul Williams (b. 1964) a journalist, writes on true crime in Ireland
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Statistikseite
- Werke
- 11
- Mitglieder
- 182
- Beliebtheit
- #118,785
- Bewertung
- 3.6
- Rezensionen
- 2
- ISBNs
- 421
- Sprachen
- 12
Review:
I don't read much true crime anymore as my tolerance for violence has greatly diminished over the years. I enjoy more of a police procedural than blood and guts. This book has both. Paul Williams certainly can write true crime well. Police work was very detailed and interesting. That was the reason I could not put down the book once I started. Williams doesn't fill his pages with unnecessary details like what cops looked like,how many kids they have and where their great- great grandparents were from, like many crime writers tend to do.
Upon finishing I read a few reviews on other sites where others felt story was disgusting and Williams shouldn't have written about it. Yes, at times it was absolutely horrible and I did lose a nights sleep, but this review is about the writing and how the story was told. Well done on both counts.
Knowing what I know now I have asked myself would I have chosen to have read it. I honestly don't know. But, I do think people need to know what they are getting themselves into so they can decide, as the book jacket gives no indication.… (mehr)