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Monster (Paperback)

by Allan Hall (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin (6 Nov 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141039701
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141039701
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 18,659 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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On 28 August 1984, Josef Fritzl drugged his teenage daughter with ether and imprisoned her in an underground bunker behind eight locked doors. Over the following twenty-four years, he raped and abused her, never letting her or the children she bore him out of the dark, windowless cellar. Based on 150 new interviews with psychologists, neighbours, colleagues and friends who knew Fritzl, as well as the insight of his own chilling confession, Allan Hall reconstructs the monstrous personality behind this hideous crime. He exposes Josef Fritzl's dark past in Nazi Austria, his previous conviction as a rapist, the appalling conditions in which Elisabeth and her children were kept and her astonishingly brave conduct while held prisoner. Including exclusive photographs and previously unseen evidence, this is a truly heart-stopping record of one of the most elaborate and disturbing cases of abuse in modern times.


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IMPORTANT NOTE: The Publisher has not authorized the distribution of this book to customers within Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT BOOK, 19 Mar 2009
By GIRLIE (N. Ireland) - See all my reviews
I finished this book on Sunday last and still feel stunned. I just cant believe how an 18 year old girl, little more than a child, endured 24 years, of rape and mental torture at the hands of her father, whilst giving birth to 7 children fathered by him, whilst entombed underground in a dungeon with no windows, scant air supply and little in the way of comfort.

He truly is a modern day monster, a convicted rapist who fooled, neighbours friends, social services and police for years.

This is a well written book, that tells a truly horrific story, without becoming gratuitious. It made me angry, sad and made me cry

Not for the faint hearted. But i thoroughly recommend it.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Incest monster Fritzl laid bare, 10 Nov 2008
By D. Hill "Critical worm" (UK) - See all my reviews
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Monster is a wonderfully crafted book that gives you all you want - an in-depth understanding of this horrific story, in a digestible and creative form from one of the great British journalists of our time.

I have flicked through the other books on Fritzl and Allan Hall - the Daily Mail's correspondent for Austria and Germany - wins hands down. He got exclusive interviews with the key people in the case.

His nuanced and skilled writing really brings this terrible story to life and helps you understand not just the practical detail but the human suffering that Elizabeth and her children have endured.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars DOESN'T BEAR THINKING ABOUT, 23 April 2009
By Anne G. M. Hanson - See all my reviews
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I really did not want to read this book - afraid of what I would read in all its shocking detail. I wont say "I enjoyed" reading the book as this would sound so inappropriate. What I will say is that it was an excellent written book and well researched by the author. Why oh why did nobody report these strange goings on. I suspect his wife was a very inadequate person not to have realised something was amiss.

Cannot believe that a human being could do this to anybody, let alone his own flesh and blood. The agonies this poor girl experienced are too shocking to try and imagine and I wonder if she will ever get over such an ordeal. Hopefully the prognosis for her children will be better.

Maybe this book should be read by any "stroppy" teenagers who moan that life is not fair or whatever, for them to appreciate just how good life really is for most of us.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Overall well written, detailed and held my attention well.
This book helped me to find out more about a case I actually knew little about from the press. It presented a firm and clear account of the story of little Elizabeth all the way... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Daniele Hammond

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating
Well written, well researched book. Highly Recommended.

This book is challenging reading at times due to the very sad lives Elizabeth and her children suffered over... Read more
Published 4 months ago by J. WALKER

5.0 out of 5 stars The title really sums it up
What complete monster who has destroyed innocent lives. i dont know how elizabeth survived all those years, when i think about it she was in there for longer than my life so far,... Read more
Published 4 months ago by A.K

4.0 out of 5 stars Some questions will forever remain unanswered.
I bought and read this book. I`m unsure as to where I stand on it. I felt drawn to buy it, to try to fathom how this man ended up being so cruel and how no one seemed to notice,... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Someone

4.0 out of 5 stars Monster - Fritzl
As said in a previous review this one is definitely not for the faint hearted. It's difficult not to wonder why Fritzl's family and neighbours did not see what was happening, 24... Read more
Published 5 months ago by L Murphy

4.0 out of 5 stars The unbelievable story!!
How can one man cause so much torment & harm to his family. This book tells the story behind one of the worst crimes committed by an individual. Evil from beginning to end. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Lindsay Swan

4.0 out of 5 stars Well done!
Books hurriedly written while a case is still "hot" and must still come to trial usually read like a book hurriedly written ... Mr. Read more
Published 10 months ago by M. Tomlins

5.0 out of 5 stars Finished the book and still can't believe it happened!
I have no idea how Elisabeth survived 24 years underground, it's amazing really. Something terrible must have happened to Fritzl in his lifetime for him to so such a thing, what... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Kikki

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow
I am dubious of instant books because they seem to be written in a vein of get-rich-quick or for the author's vanity. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Road Warrior

5.0 out of 5 stars monstrously good!
As an afficianado of true crime this has to be a must-buy, if only for the insights into Fritzl's twisted mind. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Pamela Jones

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