Ellroy Reads – By Reason of Insanity by Shane Stevens

In the latest episode of ELLROY READS I look at one of the forgotten classics of American genre writing – By Reason of Insanity by Shane Stevens. It could be argued that the serial killer genre began with this book, and it was certainly a major influence on James Ellroy, who has written obsessively about ‘the Red Light Bandit’ Caryl Chessman, one of the central figures of the text.

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