Paperback. A stark, tragic, terrible tale of a modern Jack the Ripper. The author transposed the crimes of 1888 to the 'present day' inventing a sex-killer every bit as vicious as Jack the Ripper - and has set him loose on contemporary London. 416pp. p/back. Colin Wilson's first novel, which was published to great acclaim. With previous owner's name/date rubber stamp inside back cover, browned pp., minimal creasing to covers and sp. Vg.