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Killing for Company: Case of Dennis Nilsen (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (1 Jun 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099552612
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099552611
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 17,174 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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On February 9th 1983 Dennis Nilsen was arrested at his Muswell Hill home, after human remains had been identified as the cause of blocked drains. Within days he had confessed to fifteen gruesome murders over a period of four years. His victims, all young homosexual men, had never been missed. Brian Masters, with Nilsen's full cooperation, has produced a study of a murderer's mind which is unique of its kind. 'KILLING FOR COMPANY must stand as one of the most remarkable and accurate accounts ever written of the singular relationship between a mass murderer and a society. Brian Masters, in the writing, has achieved the impossible. Though dealing with sensational and horrific matters he has managed to treat his material with such objectivity and restraint that what we have is not a penny dreadful from the Hammer House of Horror, but a bloody masterpiece' BERYL BAINBRIDGE Observer.

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Probably the best thing of its kind since In Cold Blood...a classic study in criminal mentality' -Colin Wilson, Yorkshire Post

On February 9th 1983 Dennis Nilsen was arrested at his Muswell Hill home, after human remains had been identified as the cause of blocked drains. Within days he had confessed to fifteen gruesome murders over a period of four years. His victims, all young homosexual men, had never been missed. Brian Masters, with Nilsen's full cooperation, has produced a study of a murderer's mind which is unique of its kind.
'Killing For Company must stand as one of the most remarkable and accurate accounts ever written of the singular relationship between a mass murderer and a society. Brian Masters, in the writing, has achieved the impossible. Though dealing with sensational and horrific matters he has managed, God knows how, to treat his material with such objectivity and restraint that what we have is not a penny dreadful from the Hammer House of Horror, but a bloody masterpiece'. -Beryl Bainbridge, Observer

'A truly awesome tale, brilliantly told' -Literary Review


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4.0 out of 5 stars One of Genre's Best, 5 Feb 2004
By Edward D. Terhune "Ed T." (Basking Ridge, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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Now this is what a true crime book is supposed to be. It's my unfortunate conclusion that the majority of true crime books are a re-hash of newspaper reporting with a bit of old-fashioned moralizing thrown in and facile, superficial conclusions regarding some of the most troubling issues that beset us to wrap things up. The books written by Mr. Masters are exceptions to this seemingly universal rule. Granted, Mr. Masters was given an unusual amount of access to Dennis Nilsen, but even when writing about an already-dead murderer like Fred West, the quality of writing and analysis never wavers or loses its inherent fascination. His style is alternately cogent, harrowing, and, despite the subject matter, scrupulously fair. Unlike most true crime books, there are no boring stretches; the book remains compelling throughout. Mr. Masters never denies the criminals he writes about their complex, warped humanity (which, in turn, makes them even more terrifying and repellent) but he also never minimizes the monstrousness of their acts. This is an exceedingly difficult accomplishment, to make such perversity even marginally explicable, but Mr. Masters handles it adroitly. Still, even in the hands of as skilled a biographer as Mr. Masters so obviously is, the sordid mystery of Dennis Nilsen remains intact, which may or may not be gratifying to the incarcerated serial killer but should unsettle the rest of us. How did such malignancy and evil evolve from so uneventful a life? How long would this bland civil servant with his rigid personality have been able to go on killing gay men undetected if he hadn't grown so self-destructively careless? How many others like him are there out in the world now and to what new levels of atrocity will their pathologies extend in the future? That such questions can't really be adequately answered by anyone is probably the most haunting element one will take with them after a reading of this or Mr. Masters' other biographies of psychically-crippled murderers such as Jeffrey Dahmer and Fred and Rosemary West.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very moving, 26 May 2001
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Brian Masters delivers a very interesting and detailed account of Dennis Andrew Nilsen, the almost alcoholic civil servant who could only find peace with the dead bodies of young, often vagrent, men. He details Nilsen's background and childhood very well and this provides a large insight into why he became what he is today.

I was constantly moved by Masters' portrayal of Nilsen's life, despite the crimes that he committed. Nilsen was someone who experienced no real love or affection in his life and because of this, he closed his emotions and became "cold". One can easily understand why he did what he did.

This book is a must read for anyone who is interested in the psychology of serial killers and it presents a warning to society of what might become of the unloved.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brian Masters at his best, 25 Jun 2000
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This truly is one of the best True Crime books ever written - the reader is drawn into the world of Nilsen and his crimes - I have read and re-read this book time and time again and always find it well researched and definately food for thought - EXCELLENT
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2.0 out of 5 stars STARTED WELL BUT WENT RAPIDLY DOWNHILL!
This book was initally quite interesting, as it described Nilsens early life and his slow descent towards eventually becoming a gruesome murderer. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars A little 'too' normal
At times, this book is hard going. I knew the story of Nilsen prior to reading, and so had an idea of what to expect in terms of the content of the murders. Read more
Published on 23 Jan 2007 by Matthew Pallares

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic and essential true crime reading
What can be said about this which is not obvious, it is possibly one of the best true crime books ever written and one of the few to actually employ the actual killer in the... Read more
Published on 30 Dec 2004 by quacker20

5.0 out of 5 stars SICKENING
THIS BOOK IS WORTH THE READ. FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN TRUE CRIME OR FORENSICS THIS BOOK IS A MUST. IT IS SICKENING IN PARTS THOUGH, SO NOT FOR PEOPLE WITH WEAK STOMACHS!!!!!!!!!!!
Published on 18 Dec 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Brilliant!
This book is written in such a way that you feel you even knew Nilsen. It is a long time since I have read a book that I simply could not bear to put down. Read more
Published on 9 April 2000 by P. Horrex

5.0 out of 5 stars An lluminating insight into the psychology of murder.
Since its first publication I have re-read this a number of times and it remains one of the most interesting books on the subject. Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars A guide to understanding the killing mind
Having read numerous "in-depth" books on the serial killer I was expecting another documentation of a killers deeds,but,instead this book attempts to take you into the... Read more
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