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Manchester Literature Festival - Murder as a fine art

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Dates:9 October 2013
Times:19:00 - 20:30
What is it:Evening event
Organiser:The John Rylands Library
Venue opening hours:Monday 12noon - 5pm; Tuesday to Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 12noon - 5pm
Who is it for:General public
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Inspirational live literature from across the globe – happening 7 – 20 October 2013

Internationally renowned action thriller author David Morrell, best known for his First Blood novel on which the Rambo films were based, discusses his new historical mystery Murder as a Fine Art. Set in Victorian London and expertly blending fact with fiction, it is a harrowing exhumation of the infamous Ratcliffe Highway murders, a series of mass killings that rivaled those of Jack the Ripper. It features a fictional version of Thomas De Quincey, whose obsession with the case prompted him to write his legendary essay On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts. David Morrell will be in conversation with poet and De Quincey biographer Grevel Lindop. The event will take place in the appropriately Victorian splendour of The John Rylands Library’s Historic Reading Room.

To make a booking please contact the Manchester Literature Festival box office on 0843 208 0500 or book online at www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk

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