CRIME OF PASSION A True Story.

Hardback. 1st US edn. The shocking, compelling account of a 17yr. old boy who killed his mother and grandmother, was sentenced to a prison for the mentally insane, and miraculously managed to put his life back together again. An extraordinary story that combines the chilling suspense of Truman Capote's classic 'In Cold Blood' with the stunning insight into domestic tragedy and its toll on a sensitive adolescent that Judith Guest achieved in 'Ordinary People'. Featuring Geoffrey King, who on September 6, 1969, battling the demons of a bad LSD trip, picked up a kitchen knife and stabbed his mother and grandmother, plunged the knife 13 times into his own chest, and staggered out the front door to die. He survived somehow to face a nightmare of guilt and remorse. 266pp. 8vo. h/back. F. in Nr. F. pcdw.