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The Element of Need

Murder and Memory in Adelaide: Penguin Specials

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Pub Date Aug 16 2012 | Archive Date Feb 26 2013

Biographies & Memoirs | Nonfiction (Adult)

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Beneath its peaceful exterior the city of Adelaide has a dark history. From the disappearance of the Beaumont children to the Snowtown killings in the 1990s, it has been home to a long series of brutal and baffling killings and abductions. In The Element of Need, acclaimed author James Bradley uses this long history of violence as the basis of a fascinating exploration not just of his own childhood and adolescence, but of the psychic landscape of this most haunted of cities.

Beneath its peaceful exterior the city of Adelaide has a dark history. From the disappearance of the Beaumont children to the Snowtown killings in the 1990s, it has been home to a long series of...

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ISBN 9781742537993
PRICE A$2.99 (AUD)

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