{"product_id":"magnetized-conversations-with-a-serial-killer-9781646220588","title":"Magnetized: Conversations with a Serial Killer","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA haunting and unsettling psychological portrait for readers of true crime classics such as \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Dark Places\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Stranger Beside Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'll Be Gone In the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, one of Argentina's most innovative writers brings to life the story of a serial killer who, in 1982, murdered four taxi drivers without any apparent motive (NPR, One of the Best Books of the Year).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the course of one ghastly week in September 1982, the bodies of four taxi drivers were found in Buenos Aires, each murder carried out with the same cold precision. The assailant: a nineteen-year-old boy, odd and taciturn, who gave the impression of being completely sane. But the crimes themselves were not: four murders, as exact as they were senseless. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than thirty years later, Argentine author Carlos Busqued began visiting Ricardo Melogno, the serial killer, in prison. Their conversations return to the nebulous era of the crimes and a story full of missing pieces. The result is a book at once hypnotic and unnerving, constructed from forensic documents, newspaper clippings, and interviews with Melogno himself. Without imposing judgment, Busqued allows for the killer to describe his way of retreating from the world and to explain his crimes as best he can. In his own words, Melogno recalls a visit from Pope Francis, grim depictions of daily life in prison, and childhood remembrances of an unloving mother who drove her son to Brazil to study witchcraft. As these conversations progress, the focus slowly shifts from the crimes themselves, to Melogno's mistreatment and misdiagnosis while in prison, to his current fate: incarcerated in perpetuity despite having served his full sentence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing these personal interviews, alongside forensic documents and newspaper clippings, Busqued crafted \u003ci\u003eMagnetized\u003c\/i\u003e, a captivating story about one man's crimes, and a meditation on how one chooses to inhabit the world, or to become absent from it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646220588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192","brand":"Carlos Busqued","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39956608090293,"sku":"9781646220588","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4e9f0b37-db35-4b13-aefc-ece72ac89f59.jpg?v=1620221709","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/magnetized-conversations-with-a-serial-killer-9781646220588","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}