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title: "The Sleep of Reason"
brand: "david james smith"
price: "€ 17.04"
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reviews_count: 8
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# The Sleep of Reason

**Brand:** david james smith
**Price:** € 17.04
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- **What is this?** The Sleep of Reason by david james smith
- **How much does it cost?** € 17.04 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

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    Information to think on
  

*by S***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 February 2019*

I found this to be an excellent piece of research which addresses a harrowing, heartbreaking  event from 1993, the abduction, torture and murder of an almost 3 year old by two 10 year olds.At the time James Bulger was murdered, my own child was the same age, and I was a school teacher working with children with challenging behaviour, so I was torn in two trying to understand the WHY along with the who, and how can we stop anything like this ever happening again?After the current uproar (2019) of a short film about the interrogation of the two boys, it returned to my thoughts as it has with many others.This book provided for me all the background information to the people involved in any way and the details of the investigation and trial, along with consideration of the extreme poverty, in Liverpool particularly, over a few generations.It is well written, not sensational at all, but that makes it no less harrowing.

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    Very well written but terribly sad.
  

*by M***L on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 March 2018*

This book offers an interesting insight into the killers of James Bulger. It includes in depth interviews with both Thompson and Venables from the police investigation way back in 1993. Heartbreaking and tough reading, for obvious reasons. Not recommended for the squeamish or those not prepared to have their heart broken at reading such detail about such a sad case. James Bulger and his family deserve all our sympathy and respect. A very sad read.

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    Thought provoking
  

*by M***Y on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 June 2020*

I purchased this to get a different viewpoint of this case and it really made me think.I’m not going to go into detail out of respect for little James and his family. This book didn’t change my opinion of his killers but it did change how I viewed their treatment from their families and the media and helps to explain how something so awful could have happened.While one of James’s killers has gone on to reoffend several times and poses  a  real danger  to children the other has quietly slipped away and is said to be settled with a family of his own. This book highlights how our upbringing and personal circumstances can collide to bring about awful acts of violence. It also shows how the media impacts high profile cases such as this and how they can manipulate the general public and professionals alike.

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