Hardback. 1st UK edn. His great-grandfather invented plastics. His parents entertained royalty. He committed the unspeakable crime. On November 17, 1972, Antony Baekeland stabbed his mother- beautiful, jet setting Barbara Baekeland - to death, with a kitchen knife in her London flat. This crime would lead to further acts of shocking violence. A multilayered family saga. Contents : Part I London; Part II Broadmoor; Part III New York; Part IV Rikers Island. Illus. + Biographical Notes. 473pp. lge. 8vo. h/back. Vg+ in Vg+ dw. A fairly heavy book which will require additional postage if shipped overseas.