My Friend Dahmer My Friend Dahmer

My Friend Dahmer

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Publisher Description

The bone-chilling graphic novel that inspired the major motion picture starring Ross Lynch as Jeffrey Dahmer.
 
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
2013 ALA/YALSA Alex Award
2014 Revelation Award at Angoulême
2015 ALA/YALSA Alex Award (Excellence in Narrative Nonfiction)
 
Named a BEST OF 2012 by Time, The Village Voice, A.V. Club, comiXology, Boing Boing, Publishers Weekly, MTV Geek, and more!
 
You only think you know this story. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer—the most notorious serial killer since Jack the Ripper—seared himself into the American consciousness. To the public, Dahmer was a monster who committed unthinkable atrocities. To Derf Backderf, "Jeff" was a much more complex figure: a high school friend with whom he had shared classrooms, hallways, and car rides. In My Friend Dahmer, a haunting and original graphic novel, writer-artist Backderf creates a surprisingly sympathetic portrait of a disturbed young man struggling against the morbid urges emanating from the deep recesses of his psyche—a shy kid, a teenage alcoholic, and a goofball who never quite fit in with his classmates. With profound insight, what emerges is a Jeffrey Dahmer that few ever really knew, and one readers will never forget.
 
Also available by Derf Backderf, Trashed.

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  • GENRE
    Comics & Graphic Novels
    RELEASED
    2012
    March 5
    LANGUAGE
    EN
    English
    LENGTH
    240
    Pages
    PUBLISHER
    ABRAMS
    SELLER
    Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
    SIZE
    228.1
    MB

    Customer Reviews

    CodeRedGamer_ ,

    Due Diligence Paid Off!

    The firsthand accounts and factual checking on the author’s behalf assists in delivering a faithfully authentic and unbiased backstory to one of the most renowned serial killers of our time.

    kaninixxxxxx ,

    Karini

    Hearing the horrific situations that happened through Dahmer victims and his interviews. This story explains some answers i had

    mmkenzie ,

    wow

    wow. that was- wow.

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