“As with much of the evidence surrounding these murders, the data is ambiguous, a shifting cloud of facts and factoids onto which we project the fictions that seem most appropriate to our times and our inclinations.”Alan Moore wrote that in the appendix to From Hell, his macabre tale of Jack the Ripper. (Technically Eddie Campbell shares the credit since he drew the pictures, but, we all know this is really Moore’s book.) Jack the Ripper surely benefits from having a memorable nickname, but … [Read more...] about Jack the Ripper
Measuring out my life with coffee spoons ...and books
