BIROn - Birkbeck Institutional Research Online

I'm Jack

Blacklock, Mark (2016) I'm Jack. Granta. ISBN 9781783780860.

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

Book synopsis: In this provocative novel Mark Blacklock portrays the true and complex history of John Humble, aka Wearside Jack, the Ripper Hoaxer, a timewaster and criminal, sympathetic and revolting, the man hidden by a wall of words, a fiction-spinner worthy of textual analysis. In this remarkable work, John Humble leads the reader into an allusive, elusive labyrinth of interpretations, simultaneously hoodwinking and revealing. I’m Jack is a riveting novel about truth, lies, prison and shame. It is also a profound and furious love letter to Sunderland. It is a puzzle, a hoax, a multi-voice portrait and a virtuoso assemblage of textual elements. I’m Jack announces the arrival of a radically talented and innovative novelist.

Metadata

Item Type: Book
School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication
Depositing User: Administrator
Date Deposited: 19 Mar 2020 15:47
Last Modified: 09 Aug 2023 12:47
URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/31412

Statistics

6 month trend
0Downloads
6 month trend
306Hits

Additional statistics are available via IRStats2.

Archive Staff Only (login required)

Edit/View Item
Edit/View Item