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Bryan Burrough, auteur de best-sellers (Barbarians at the Gate, Public Enemies, Big Rich), a récemment fait une découverte stupéfiante : la petite ville de Temple, au Texas, où il avait grandi, abritait un sombre secret. L'un de ses camarades de lycée, Danny Corwin, était un impitoyable tueur en série qui avait violé et mutilé six femmes, dont trois qu’il avait assassinées. Pourtant, la ville avait refusé de voir tous les signes avant-coureurs du mal radical qui grandissait en Danny Corwin. Qu'est-ce qui avait poussé les médias locaux à passer sous silence ses premiers viols ?

#1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall of RJR Nabisco at the hands of a buyout from investment firm KKR. A book that stormed both the bestseller list and the public imagination, a book that...

Best-selling author Bryan Burrough recently made a shocking discovery: The small town of Temple, Texas, where he had grown up, had harbored a dark secret. One of his high school classmates, Danny Corwin, was a vicious serial killer. In this chilling tale, Burrough raises important questions of whether serial killers can be recognized before they kill or rehabilitated after they do. It is also a story of Texas politics and power that led the good citizens of the town of Temple to enable a demon who was their worst nightmare.

Dieser Titel enthält explizite Inhalte, darunter körperliche und sexuelle Gewalt, die auf einige Hörer verstörend wirken können. Bestsellerautor Bryan Burrough (Barbarians at the Gate, Public Enemies, Big Rich) machte kürzlich eine erschütternde Entdeckung: Die Kleinstadt Temple in Texas, in der er aufgewachsen war, verbarg ein dunkles Geheimnis. Einer seiner Mitschüler, Danny Corwin, war ein brutaler Serienmörder, der sechs Frauen vergewaltigt und verstümmelt hatte – drei von ihnen ermordete er.

Esta obra contiene temas para adultos, incluida la violencia física y sexual, que pueden resultar perturbadores para algunos oyentes.El autor superventas Bryan Burrough (Barbarians at the Gate, Public Enemies, Big Rich) hizo recientemente un descubrimiento estremecedor: la pequeña localidad de Temple (Texas), donde creció, ocultaba un oscuro secreto. Uno de sus compañeros de instituto, Danny Corwin, era un despiadado asesino en serie que había violado y mutilado a seis mujeres, asesinando a tres de ellas.

Questo libro contiene tematiche forti, tra cui violenza fisica e sessuale, che potrebbero urtare la sensibilità di alcuni lettori. L'autore di bestseller Bryan Burrough (Barbarians at the Gate, Public Enemies, Big Rich) ha fatto recentemente una scoperta sconvolgente: la piccola città di Temple, in Texas, dove era cresciuto, custodiva un oscuro segreto. Un suo compagno di liceo, Danny Corwin, era un feroce serial killer che aveva stuprato e mutilato sei donne, uccidendone tre. Eppure la città aveva negato tutti i primi segnali del male radicale che cresceva dentro Corwin.

“One of the finest, most compelling accounts of what happened to corporate America and Wall Street in the 1980’s.” —New York Times Book Review A #1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall...

The case began in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1922 and lasted for over a decade. The killer has never been found, and the case continues to fascinate true-crime aficianados. A bon vivant Episcopal minister, a not-so-virginal soprano in his choir. The wealthy wife. Her oddball brother. Their furtive maid. The snooping congregants. The bumbling detectives. And in the denouement, a trial, one of the more notable of America’s Jazz Age, covered by the likes of Damon Runyon, Dorothy Dix and James Thurber. All of it hanging on the dramatic testimony of a single, strange witness.

A New York Times bestseller! “Lively and absorbing. . ." — The New York Times Book Review "Engrossing." —Wall Street Journal “Entertaining and well-researched . . . ” —Houston Chronicle Three noted Texan writers combine forces to tell the real story of the Alamo, dispelling the myths...

The astonishing true story of America's first and greatest "War on Crime." In Public Enemies, Bryan Burrough strips away a thick layer of myths put out by J. Edgar Hoover's FBI to tell the full story of the most spectacular crime wave in American history, the two-year battle between the young...

The Weathermen. The Symbionese Liberation Army. The FALN. The Black Liberation Army. The names seem quaint now, when not forgotten altogether. But there was a stretch of time in America, during the 1970s, when bombings by domestic underground groups were a daily occurrence. The FBI combated these groups and others as nodes in a single revolutionary underground dedicated to the violent overthrow of the American government.

Named a Best Book of 2025 by Bloomberg “One hell of a good read.” —The New York Times “One of the most important books written on the American West in many years.” —True West Magazine From the New York Times bestselling author of The Big Rich and Forget the Alamo comes an epic...